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INSIDE 


Plain man's 
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LAST WEEK'S 
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No 63,303 



SECTION4 


SPORT & LEISURE 


SHendy airborne on 
the wind and aprayer 



SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 



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Labour bid to upset 
White Paper launch 


• A late draft of the White Paper on the 
National Health Service has been 
leaked to the Labour Party 

O Another Whitehall molehnnt seems 
inescapable after the Prime Minister's 
past condemnation of such disclosures. 


• Labour claimed that the draft showed 
that ministers were planning to pri¬ 
vatize NHS hospitals 

• Mr Clarke denounced the Oppo¬ 
sition's scare-znongering and said its 
claims were old hat 


Labour yesterday embar¬ 
rassed the Government 
over its jftcns for the 
reform of the health 
service by releasing de¬ 
tails of whet was privately 
accepted es an authon- 
ta Live leak cf the White 
Paper due to be published 
on Tuesday. 

Another Whitehall leak 
inquiry — the sixth in less 
than 12 months — seems 
likely io be launched, al¬ 
though government 
sources said they would 
first need to know more 
details of the disclosures by 


By Nicholas Wood and Jill Sherman 

jot- reiary of Stans for Health, also practice scheme to be allowed 
tent ^ed io play down tins signifi- to keep half of any surplus 


cance of Mr Cook's move — 
aimed at derailing his plans 
for a £i million launch of the 
White Paper, but there was no 
mistaking the irritation in 
official curies at the pre¬ 
mature disclosure. 

At a packed Westminster 
press conference, Mr Cook 
quoted extensively from a 
document, running to 13 
chapters and amounting to 40 
or 50 printed'pages accord- 

Commentary -10 

ing to his estimate, which he 


they generate. 

• Any overspending by a 
group of doctors in such a 
scheme to be taken out of their 
budget for the following year. 

• A separate “indicative bud¬ 
get for prescription costs" for 
all GPs with penalties for 
those who exceed their limit. 
The budget would be based on 
the average for their legion. 

• A new fund to enable 
practice budget GPs to hire 
outside experts to advise them 
on how to manage their new 
responsibilities. 

0 New monev to enable these 


Mr Robin Cook, the chief the final article. 


indicated was a late (haft of GPs pay for the extra equip- 


Opccsiiicfl s'TOxestnan on 
fcesiti#. 

Mr Kenneth Clarke, Scc- 


76-page 

Tames 

SECTION 1 _ 

Home news.3-5 

Overseas news.6-8 

Births, marriages, deaths 13 

Court &Social.12 

Crossword.16 

Diary.10 

Leading articles.11 

Letters.11 

On This Day.10 

Opinion.10 

Obituary.12 

Parliament.4 

Religion--12 

Scfence Report-13 

Services---13 

Shopping-14,15 

Weather.16 

SECTION 2 _ 

Business news.17-22,28 

Family Money.23-27 

Stocks, unit trusts.20-22 

SECTION 3 


the final article. ment, presumably computers. 

He refused to release it to they will need to monitor costs _ ^ 

reporters because, he said, he and find out where there is . f 

wanted to-protect his souri.es. opacity m the jospitti 

Mr Cook said; “Every hos~ . PTf! •.-TL . J[ 

pita! is to have its own ® A shake-up of the system w jQh ■ 

company boanL every health for making merit awards to [j jj KT B 

authority becomes a holding semor consultants. According 
company, every treatment has to rile draft, effecti ve use of 
to be priced, bargained and resources^ well as thecbmcal 

audited, merit of then - work will be Share prices soared through 

“The health service is being the new criteritL 2,000 yesterday as- the Gov- 

sized up for privatization. • A bigger role lor local senior eminent announced a better 
This White Paper marks the management in deciding set of trade figures than ex- 
beginning of the end for the whi ch consultants should get peeled. The FT-SE index 
NHS. If the Conservatives get raent awards, which in some dosed at its best level since the 
back then they will embark on «** can almost double top stock market crash - up 46.1 
the final stage of selling off heahh service salaries of at 2,005.9. It is within about 
those hospitals that they have £35,000 a year. 40 points of its pre-crash leveL 

nmunvt fnr nmff«li7aHnn ” 0 Health lilllhOntlCS tO be 



The couple at the ceutre of the transplant affair: Mr and Mrs Cttlin Benins on holiday in Majorcan 


•- Share fades closes at bestietel since the crash 




By Rodney Laid, Economics Editor - 

Share prices soared through more evidence that high in- product This is five times the 
2.000 yesterday as the Gov- terest rates are acting to slow defied in the previous year. In 
eminent announced a better down over-rapid growth in the November, MrNIgd Lawson, 
set of trade figures than ex- economy and that in due the Chancellor, forecast a 
pec ted. The FT-SE index course the Chancellor will be deficit of £13-bflUon. 
dosed at its best level since the able to start bringing rates Last month’s deficit of 
stock market crash - up 46.1 down again. £1.26 billion compared with 

at 2,005.9. It iswthin about Despite ^ enthusiastic downwards revised^figures of 


pec ted. The FT-SE index 
dosed at its best level since the 
stock market crash — up 46.1 


productThis is five times the 
defied in the previous year. In 


deficit of £13-bflUon. 


ures was that growth- in 
imports of consumer goods 
bad slowed while export vol¬ 
umes had picked up, suggest¬ 
ing Mr Lawson’s belief that 


Last month’s defied of . industry would shift output 
£1.26 billion compared with 'J 1110 ^P^rts as demand at 


downwards revised figures of home snffered from high in- 
£1.47 biltion. in November terest rates might be proving 


prepared for privatization." 

According to Labour’s ac¬ 
count of the White Paper, the 
main changes planned after 
the 12-month review of the 
service chaired by the Prime 
Minister are: 

0 A phased transition to “self 
governing" status for up to 
320 hospitals — those with 
more than 250 beds — as they 
opt out of health authority 
contraL They would be free to 
dispose of assets and build up 
and retain surpluses. 

0 Group practices of family 
doctors with 11.000 patients 
and above to be offered “prac¬ 
tice budgets" with which they 
would buy services for their 
patients from health authori¬ 
ties or self-governing 


allowed to keep back some 
money to buy operations 
where there is spare capacity. 
Labour said there would be 
“summer sales of hip 
operations". 

0 Tax relief on private medi¬ 
cal insurance premiums for 
the elderly. 

Mr Clarke, who learned of 
the leak while visting a hos¬ 
pital in Bury in Lancashire, 
last night accused Mr Cook of 
“giving highly coloured ac¬ 
counts of a so-called leaked 
document. 

“Robin Cook and Harriet 
Harman (Mr Cook's deputy) 
really ought to stop larking 
around if they want to be 
taken seriously.” Mr Clarke 


Although Britain’s current Details. . .17 

account was still in deficit last ■■ ■ 

month by £1 26 billion, the reception fin* the trade figures 
figure was £209 million lower the current account deficit for 
than the previous month and the whole of 1988 is easily the 
showed a downward trend biggest ever in nominal terms, 
from the record figure in tolalfing £14.27 billion or 3 
October. It was seen as giving per cent of gross domestic 


Privacy Bill killed 
at the first hurdle 

By Philip Webster, Chief Political Correspondent 

The Bill designed to curb ond reading vote was taken ax 
invasions of privacy by the - 2.30 pm. Mr Knight, a soiici- 


and £2.33 billion in October, correct . 

Exports totalled £7.12 billion But they pointed to the 
and imports £8.77 biltion, discouragmg evidence an exr 
with an estimated surplus on port' orders in the industrial 
invisible trade of £400 trends survey by the Confed- 
miUion. e rati on . of British Industry 

Analysts said the most en- earlier this week as a oounter- 
couragLng feature of the fig- weight to excessive optimism. 


3 Wi 


-——-hospitals. 

..31 O The possible extension of 

BocKs.!. 35 the practice budget scheme to 

gridae.!!„.39 smaller GP practices in the 

Chess..39 light of experience. 

Collecting_36 • Family doctors in the group 

Crossword-39 

Eating Out-3G 

Entertainments.32 

Food and drink-37 

Gardening..—39 

Museums, exhibitions .....33 

Outdoor leisure-38,39 

Records.34 

Travel.40-43 

Television and radio ...42,44 
Week Ahead-38 


self-governing taken seriously, 
said. 


The British Medical Associ¬ 
ation said that the new leaks 
confirmed that patient care 


media was killed at the first 
hurdle amid chaos and 
recriminations yesterday. 


lor, objected to the Bill be¬ 
cause of what he called its un- 
workability and interference 


lliggjl 


meeting 

ByDavid Sapsted 

Trustees'of the National Kid¬ 
ney Centre are., to hold an 
emergency meeting to dis c us s 
the future of Dr Raymond 
Crockett as the charity’s medi¬ 
cal director after allegations 
that tlw centre bad, become 
involved in the kidneys-for- 
sale affair. . 

Both Dr Crockett and Mr 
Michael Bewick, a - leading 
kidney surgeon, were inter¬ 
viewed yesterday by the in¬ 
quiry team from Bloomsbury 
Health Authority, which was 
ordered fertile Department of 
Health to investigate the 
allegations. 

One man has been arrested 
in Istanbul after four Turks 
said they had been paid for 
kidneys transplanted at the 
Humana Wellington Hospital, 


Tighter controls..——.....3 


north London, foe recipients 
beintg wealthy foreign patients 
receiving dialysis at the kid¬ 
ney centre. . 

. The Times &sdoseA yes* 
today that one of foe-recipi¬ 
ents; Mr Cohn Benton, who 
hcW dual lsradi-British dti- 
iv siship, had (tied a month 
: afterti^operation, kavinghis 
wife .wifo ImHs totalling 
£6^00qi A>1lirfoer^£33,00t> 
^US'^tG .by Twjr ftgs&md v . 
employers. * v ' 

The - hospital declined re* 
quests from The Times yes¬ 
terday for copies of the hills 
submitted to Mis Rochelle 
Benton, whose husband died 
of heart failure at tire end of 
last August . 

; Mrs Benton, who says foe 
paid £35,000 directly to Dr 
Crockett, out of which ax least 
some of the Humana’s bills 
were met, smd she was told her 
husband would be getting a 
kidney donated by a Turk who 
was bring paid and who was 
not related to her husband. 
She raid foe was told “not to 
breathe a. word about it" to 
anyone. 

Mr Benton’s son David 
yesterday said he was consid¬ 
ering taking legal actum to 

Confined on page 16, col 2 


would suffer at the expense of Se? 
financial considerations. 


Mr John Browne's Proteo- with the freedom of foe press, 
tion of Privacy Bill foundered His declared intention to 
by the narrowest of margins “talk out” the Bill meant that 
after he foiled to muster 100 Mr Browne, Conservative MP 


THE IDEAL INVESTMENT SHOULD HAVE 


supporters to bring the Com- for Winchester, had to move 
mons debate to an end. ■■ ■ ■ . ■ ■■■■■■■■ ■ «■ 


Up to 15% tax free Income 


Judge frees rape family 

A woman jailed for pouring and her son, aged 17, who had 
boiling water over the genitals both been gi ven custodial 


There were bitter scenes as 
Mr Browne's supporters ac¬ 
cused the anti-abortion lobby, 
which also has a Bill in the 


Parliament.....4 

the closure of the debate. 
Under Commons rales he 


Withdrawals with no penalties 


of a lodger who raped her 
daughter aged five was freed 


sentences for beating the rap¬ 
ist. Lee Roberts, aged 19, is 


private members’ queue, of needed 100 MPs to back a 
causing his Bill’s demise, a closure motion. 


Monthly income option 


yesterday by the Court of now serving nine years' youth 


Appeal. 

Lord Lane, foe Lord Chief 
SECTION 4 Justice, quashed the 30-month 

---jail sentence imposed 11 days 

Soort 45-54 *8° at Exeter Crown Court. He 

F^^TV'SrortZ_52 wor ^ had bee “ 

Racing...- 50-51 Sfossly provoked . 

Snow reports.48 I 

Sport book of the week...49 
Outdoor leisure.55 


charge that was fiercely de¬ 
nied. The Government out¬ 
lined its misgivings about the 
Bill during the debate but it 


second reading. 


“grossly provoked". 

Lord Lane also freed the 
woman's husband, aged 24. 


custody for the rape. 

Mr Charles Dowell, the 
family's solicitor, said cover¬ 
age of the case had led a secret 
benefactor to fond the appeal, 
thereby enabling them to by¬ 
pass lengthy legal aid proced¬ 
ures. —-- J — 

Family free, page 3 j speaking at the time the seo 


He foiled by two. Ninety- 
eight MPs voted for the clos¬ 
ure and only one against, but it 
was still lost. Mr Knight could 


Growth and balanced security 


was still expected to get its not have succeeded without AbOUUS of Up to 3% 


the help of Mr George Gallo- 


.. K 

—!f 


It was effectively destroyed way. Labour MP for Glasgow 
by the actions of Mr Greg Hillhead, who offered himself 
Knight, Conservative MP for as a teller for the motion's 
Derby North, who made dear opponents. The one vote 
that he intended to carry on against was from Mr Peter 
speaking at foe time the sec- Bottomley, the roads minister. 


SECTION 5 


Spring confinsioHii for fur and feather 


Property. 1-20 | jgy Pearce Wright, Science Editor 

Britain pulls 
out of Kabul 


Mr Jan Mackley, the Charge 
d’Aflaires, and foe five staff 
members at the British Em¬ 
bassy in Kabul have been 
ordered to close down and 
return to Britain because of 
foe deteriorating situation in 
Afghanistan. 

Japan leaves, page 6 

it ***** 

***★■** 

O 4 


Spring seems to have arrived pre¬ 
maturely for Britain, her continental 
neighbours and foe United Slates, but 
the weather men say Eastern Europe is 
suffering some “penshingly cold winds" 
that are likely to herald a freezing 
February in the West. 

If the prevailing conditions in Britain 
are sustained, the month of January will 
end with a temperature of three degrees 
centigrade above average. 

The implications of the warmer 
weather are reflected in spring flowers 
already in bloom and animals waking 
early from hibernation 

Reports flooding into the Royal 
Society for the Protection of Birds, at 
Sandy, Bedfordshire, tell of morning 
birdsong approaching an established 


dawn chorus, two months ahead of time, 
and the survival of rare birds, such as the 
Hoopoe, which would normally have 
migrated long ago to North Africa. 
Blackbirds have built nests and laid their 
first clutch of eggs. 

December and January have been foe 
wannest since records began about 100 
years ago in France, Denmark, Sweden, 
Sout h Korea and Japan. O ther countries 

Forecast, page 16 

are also reporting exceptionally high 
temperatures. 

The driest winter weather for 40 years 
in southern France and Spain has 
sparked off early forest fires. Madrid is 
enveloped in smog because of a build-up 
of pollution and water use has been 


restricted to four hours a day in parts of 
north-west Spain. 

Clothes hawkers in Peking com plain 
of poor demand for winter garments and 
fur traders in Paris, already affected by 
changing fashions, have been suffering. 

‘ Gloves and woolly hats languish on foe 
shelves of Danish department stores. 

However, meteorologists in China, the 
Philippines and Taiwan were predicting 
yesterday that typical winter weather was 
set to take over in the near future. 

The weather men are divided about 
why winter has so for foiled to bite. 
While experts at the headquarters of foe 
Government’s Meteorological Office, ® 
Bracknell, can now compare the seasons 
of foe past 330 years, they are still hard 
pressed to decide if foe latest unusual 
Continued no page 16, cal 6 




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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 



Kidneys-for-sale claims lead to calls for tighter controls 

Transplant surgeons turn to professional ethics 


c . Sherman 

Social Services Correspondent 

Leading renal transplant surgeons called 
yesterday for a tightening of procedures for 
CTwunng that living donors are related and 
that no money has changed hands. 

coUfiSWS-*!! 0 fcar lhcir Profession 
could be discredited because of allegations 
about paid donors, are detmniued to set 
up a watertight system. 

Britain *? Aw organs in 

S” 1 *™ although n is strongly opposed bv 
the Department of Health which has the 
ultimate sanction of withdrawing the lic¬ 
ence of any hospital knowingly involved. 
ai Maurice Slapak, a transplant surgeon 
at M Marys Hospital, Portsmouth, said 
mat all live donor transplants, whether 
related or unrelated, involving foreign 
donors should be refereed to a professional 
ethical committee. 

S1 , a , pak ' who does some private work 
at the Humana Wellington Hospital, in 
London, also suggested that all live donors 
should be referred between doctors. "No 
referral should be valid unless it goes from 

Trustees to 
investigate 
organ trade 
allegations 

By David Sapsted 

Trustees of the National Kid- notary and research capacity 


doctor to doctor directly without middle 
man intervention." He said all surgeons 
should abide strictly by the British 
Transplantation Society code of conduct 
which stipulates that where doctors are in 
doubt they should refer the case to its 
ethical committee. 

Doctors who flout the code can be expel¬ 
led by the society. However, private hospi¬ 
tals are under no obligation to stop those 
doctors from operating. "The teeth are not 
there. It should be a condition of being 
chucked out of the BTS that you can no 
longer practise", Mr Slapak said. 

Mr Slapak and Mr Ross Taylor, presi¬ 
dent or the society, emphasized that res* 
ponsibility for checking the relations 
should tie with the doctor. Mr Taylor, a 
renal transplant surgeon at Newcastle 
Royal Infirmary, said; "1 think it lies fairly 
and squarely with the doctors treating the 
patient I think it is reasonable for the 
doctor concerned, rather than the hospital, 
to make sure that everything is bona fide.” 

He said the four recent cases at the Well¬ 
ington had not been referred lo the society. 
"If we had been asked there would have 


been no way in the world, if the reports are 
accurate, that we would have said yes." 

Most of the private hospitals where live 
donor transplants take place said this week 
that they stuck rigorously to the society's 
code. Those questioned included the 
London Bridge Hospital, the Cromwell 
and the Hartey Street Clinic. The Humana 
Wellington refused to give details of its 
procedures, which are bang reviewed. 
However, in a statement last weekend, the 
hospital said; "It is hospital policy that 
kidney donations be made only by 
relatives of the recipients". 

Two other leading transplant surgeons, 
Mr Christoper Rudge, of the Cromwell and 
the Harley Street Clinic, and Mr Oswald 
Fernando, of the Harley Street Clinic and 
Si John and St Elizabeth Hospital, said 
they adhered to the code. Each had referred 
one or two dubious cases to the society. 

Mr Fernando said that the five main 
transplant surgeons had agreed to follow 
the code which was set up after the paid 
kidney cases in J 98S at the Devonshire and 
Clementine Churchill clinic. Both those 
hospitals have now stopped doing renal 


transplants. He said: “It depends how 
scupulous you are. You could turn a blind 
eye to what is going on." 

The two other leading surgeons, Mr 
Michael Bewick of the Humana Welling¬ 
ton and London Bridge, and Mr John 
Castro, of the Cromwell, were unavailable. 

All five, with Dr Raymond Crockett, the 
physician alleged to be at the centre of the 
Turkish cases, are also on the UK 
Transplant Centre's list to receive cadaver 
kidneys from the United Stares. Because of 
the shortage of kidneys in Britain, the 
Private sector has to rely on American 
cadaver kidneys or use live donors. 

Mr Fernando admitted riuu the pressure 
to do more live donor transplants had 
increased as the supply of American 
kidneys dried up. 

“We now only get one every third or 
fourth month, to be shared between five 
surgeons. Ifa patient is not in the AB group 
(which is easy lo cross-match from cadaver 
kidneys) I would say 'Forget it. Go and find 
a blood relative*." 

The waiting list for transplants in the 
private sector is several months. The 


society’s code stipulates that live donor 
transplants should normally be done on 
"well motivated relations". 

They should be checked physically in 
detail and steps should be taken to ensure 
neither party is being pressed. 

Unrelated live donors are permitted 
only in exceptional cases. Where a surgeon 
is in doubt, be should refer the to the 
society’s ethical committee which will 
examine the case thoroughly. 

About six cases were referred to the 
society in the past year. AD were cleared. 
“Ifthey have passed all the checks till then 
they are likely to be OK", Mr Taylor said. 

He said a surgeon doing a live donor 
transplant from abroad would go to 
extensive lengths to check credentials, 
including binb and marriage certificates, 
and to ensure that no money had c han g ed 

han r fo 

Because records can be falsified, detailed 
Interviews should also take place between 
the surgeon and the physician concerned 
with the donor and the recipient. Blood 
relatives can be checked tissue typing or 
genetic fingerprinting. 


ncy Centre in London are to 
launch their own inquiry into 
why the charity has become 
embroiled in allegations of 
involvement in a kidneys-for- 
sale racket. 

Mr John Cyster, chairman of 
the trust that runs the dialysis 
unit, said the trustees particu¬ 
larly want to know why Mr 
Ken Wes tall had been alleg¬ 
edly posing as the centre’s 
administrative director for 
more than six months, when 
he had not even been em¬ 
ployed there. 

Mr Westall allegedly wrote a 
letter in July 1 on the centre's 
notepaper and allegedly sig¬ 
ned it as administrative direc¬ 
tor. to ease clearance through 
immigration of one of four 
Turks who claim they were 
brought to Britain last year to 
sell their kidneys for trans¬ 
plants at a London hospital. 

The letter, a copy of which 
has been obtained by The 
Times , states dearly that the 
Turk. Mr Ferhat Usta, was 
coming to England to “join his 
relative in London who is 
undergoing a kidney trans¬ 
plant operation". 

However, it was Mr Usta 
who underwent an operation 
to have his kidney removed, 
and was paid £2,000. The 
organ was given to Mr Colin 
Benton, who held dual Israeli- 
Brilish nationality, in an op¬ 
eration at the Humana 
Wellington hospital, north 
London, carried out by Mr 
Michael Bewick, a surgeon. 

Mr Benton, who died a 
month after the operation, 
had been a patient of Dr 
Raymond Crockett, a Hartey 
Street renal specialist, who is 
also medical director of die 
National Kidney Centre, 
where Mr Benton received 
dialysis before the operation. 

Mr Westall would not com¬ 
ment yesterday on Mr Oyster’s 
suggestion that the centre was 
being used primarily by Dr 
Crockett to give dialysis to 
wealthy foreigners awaiting 
kidney transplants. 

However, he admitted that 
he had not been employed at 
the centre at the time be wrote 
the letter to Mr Usta. "I have 
been working here in a voL 


since July. It is true, I have not 
been directly employed by the 
centre", he said. 

He said be did not expect 
the centre lo be involved in 
the inquiry into the kidneys- 
for-cash allegations by Bloom¬ 
sbury Health Authority. He 
said he had written the letter 
to Mr Usta "in good faith" on 
behalf of Dr Crockett 
“We have assured ourselves 
this was an isolated inddenL 1 
have checked on all the other 
20 or so similar letters I sent 
out last year and I am convin¬ 
ced they were all for relatives 
coming to this country to visit 
patients on dyalyss.” 

Mr Cyster said Mr WeslaB 
was "undoubtedly" employed 
by Dr Crockett at the time, 
although Mr Westall denied 
this. “I have no relationship 
with Dr Crockett beyond the 
fact he is medical director”, he 
said. Dr Crockett has denied 
any involvement in any illegal 
acL 

Mr Cyster said that al¬ 
though die trustees knew of 
Mr Westall early last year, it 
was only last month that be 
was interviewed for a job. At a 
meeting 10 days ago, the 
trustees derided to offer a job 
of director to Mr Westall as 
from January 1 this year. 

Mr Westall said his sole 
involvement in a 1985 scan¬ 
dal, when a Pakistani claimed 
he had sold his kidney for 
transplant at an operation at 
the private Devonshire Hos¬ 
pital, central London, where 
Mr Westall was public affairs 
manager, was to answer ques¬ 
tions from the press. 

Mr Westall said fees for dia¬ 
lysis at die centre were £140 a 
session. Patients normally re¬ 
quired three a week. The 
centre registered as a charity 
in 1966 and was opened 
originally to offer dialysis to 
Britons who could not get 
treatment within the NHS. 

The original trustees, whose 
names still appear on the 
register at the Charity Com¬ 
mission, both died several 
years ago. The “corres¬ 
pondent" on the register is Dr 
Stanley Shaldon, one of the 
pioneers of kidney dialysis in 
Britain, who has been living in 
France since the late 1970s. 


Alone in an empty, snowless landscape 


JOHN PAUL 



The new £1 million Cairngorm chair-lift, near Atieiriore in the Highlands, which should be packed with skiers at this tune of year, has been redundant so 
Lar through lack of snow. Some siding industry operators fear they may not survive unless there is a big Call in the next two weeks. Snow reports, page 48. 


Child ‘doubly wounded 9 


Rape vengeance family free 


The Court of Appeal has freed 
a mother jailed for pouring 
boiling water over the genitals 
of a lodger who raped her 
daughter aged five. 

Lord Lane, the Lord Chief 
Justice, said yesterday the 
woman had been "grossly 
provoked”. He quashed the 
30-month jail sentence im¬ 
posed 11 days ago at Exeter 
Crown Court 

He said a court "should 
pause very long before putting 
a mother of six behind bars 
and leaving her children to the 
tender merries of others" 

Lord Lane also freed the 
woman's husband, aged 24, 
and her son, aged 17, who bad 
been given custodial sentences 
for beating the rapist. 

Mr diaries Dowell, the 
family’s solicitor, said cover¬ 
age of the case had led a secret 
benefactor to fund the appeal, 
bypassing lengthy legal aid 
procedures. He said the worst 


By Michael HorsneU 

part of the ordeal for the 
mother, aged 37, was being 
parted from her children. 

Lord Lane, sitting with Mr 
Justice Rose and Mr Justice 
Piil, reduced the mother’s 
sentence to two years and her 
husband’s 21-month prison 
sentence to nine months, and 
suspended both. The son's 21- 
monlh youth custody sentence 
was set aside and he was con¬ 
ditionally discharged. 

To protect the rape victim 
they cannot be named. 

The court was told that Lee 
Roberts, aged 19, now serving 
nine years’ youth custody for 
the rape, bad been taken in by 
the family after his parents 
disowned him. He was treated 
Glee a son by the mother. 

Then she learnt of the rape 
from other children at' a 
riverside picnic. 

The family went home and 
attacked Roberts. She picked 
up a boiling kettle and emp¬ 


tied H down the front of his 
trousers. He needed plastic 
surgery and is scarred for fife. 

The three admitted causing 
grievous bodily barm. 

Lord L a n e, who was told 
that the jailing of the three had 
“inflicted virtual devastation' 
on the family, said the 
sentencing judge at Exeter 
Crown Court, Judge Jonathan 
Clarke, bad a difficult task. 

The Court of Appeal, “not 
without hesitation and consid¬ 
erable discussion", had de¬ 
rided the sentences were too 
long. The raped child had 
been doubly wounded. 

Lord Lane said the Court of 
Appeal took into account the 
mitigating and highly u nusua l 
features of the case. 

"Generally speaking, re¬ 
venge attacks must be met by 
suitable deterrent punish¬ 
ment.” But in this case all 
three defendants were "highly 
and justifiably incensed”. 


The sound of Elgar marks a return to tradition 


By Mark Ellis 

The return to traditional values in the 
Thatcher years has harmonized musi¬ 
cal tastes, fuelling an unprecedented 
demand for works by that quintes¬ 
sential )y British composer. Sir 
Edward Elgar. 

In the Classical Top 20 published 
by The Times, three recordings of 
Elgar's Cello Concerto, including two 
by the late Jacqueline Du Pre, occupy 
the number one, three and eight 
positions after several weeks in the 
chan. His Enigma Variations con¬ 
ducted by Bernstein with the BBC 
Symphony Orchestra has moved up 
from 16 to number 12 and Elgar: In 
the South played by the Royal 
Philharmonic Orchestra has just en¬ 
tered the list at number 20. 

Classical record sbops report a big 


growth in demand for Elgar, who died 
55 years ago, and HMV, which 
produced, the best-selling recording of 
Du Pre with the London Symphony 
Orchestra conducted by Sir John 
Barbirolli, said its shops were having 
difficulty keeping up with demand. 

As record companies enjoy the 
boom, Elgar’s only descendants, two 
great nieces, Mary and Margaret 
Elgar, who are unmarried, live mod¬ 
estly in Worcester. Royalties go to the 
companies, because copyright on 
nearly all his music ended five years 
ago. 

Mr Sam Driver White, a Worcester 
solicitor and a director of the Elgar 
Foundation, a charitable trust set up 
to promote (merest in Elgar, said: 
"There is a certain yearning for the 
best of what is past, but there is some¬ 


thing of much wider appeal in his 
work, an all-enveloping romance, a 
feeling of love, love for the English 
countryside and love of women". 

He said Elgar was being cham¬ 
pioned by some of the best known 
conductors and even his less well 
known works were being performed 
worldwide and recently in Russia. 

Mr John Phillips, director of the 
Elgar School of Music in Worcester, 
recalls, as a boy chorister in the city’s 
cathedral, having the temerity to ask 
the great composer for his autograph 
only to be told "Ask Mr Smith, the 
verger, to do it, be can write my name 
more clearly than me". He said that 
Elgar was enjoying a revival. People 
were going back to traditional fash¬ 
ions and there was a reaction against 
12-tone music. He is seen as the 


embodiment of Edwardian and tra¬ 
ditional values, which are in vogue at 
presait. 

.“There is also the influence of the 
Du Pre recordings and the tremen- 
. dous upsurge of interest in' Elgar 
country ofWorcester and the Malvern 
Hills for English and foreign visitors." 

But Mr Anthony Payne, a composer 
and music critic, disliked the view of 
Elgar as a purely English figure when 
his genius was greater and more 
continental. He said: "The present 
climate might be in tune with him if 
he is put down as a comfortable, 
complacent Edwardian, but that is 
claptrap because behind the pomp 
and circumstance is a sensitive and 
insecure man, emotionally slightly 
rootless whose style in many respects 
is not English". 


Woman killed in 
barricaded flat 


By MarkEDis 


A mother died and her daugh¬ 
ter was critically injured by 
smoke yesterday in the coun¬ 
cil flat they had fortified 
against burglars. 

Police and fire officers took 
15 minutes to break in. 
London Fire Brigade renewed 
a warning security doors could 
turn homes into death traps. 

Last night four people were 
arrested in connection with an 
arson attack earlier this month 
in which Mr Victor Johnson, 
aged 57, and his wife Audrey, 
aged 54, diedjvben petrol was 
sprayed through the letterbox 
of their seventeenth-floor fiat 
in StockweU, south-west Lon¬ 
don. Firemen were hindered 
then by a steel security door 
frame. 

The three men and a 
woman were taken to Brixton 
police station for questioning. 

Yesterday’s • victims were 
Mrs Ruby Dey, aged 56, and 
her daughter Cheryl, aged 30, 
who is on a life support 
machine, of Godwin Court, 
Oakley Square, Camden, nor¬ 
th London. 

A neighbour, Mr Malik 
Rahman, aged 18, said.-’Tbey 
were screaming for a long 
time, really desperate screams. 

"I woke up and looked out 
of the window and saw the 
smoke and seven police cars, 
but they couldn’t get into the 
flat and the screams of the two 
ladies went on. 

"They must have beenb 
screaming for 15 minutes or 
more, but then their cries 


gradually faded away. Ser¬ 
geant Cedric Jones, who was 
one of the first policemen on 
scene, said: "We were help¬ 
less. There were five police¬ 
men here within two minutes 
of the call being received. We 
tried to get the grilles off the 
window but it was impossible. 

“It took 15 to 20 minutes 
for the fire brigade to get in, 
that was with all their 
equipment.” 

The fire brigade said “vital 
minutes were lost” as they 
struggled to get in. It would 
have taken less than a minute 
to enter a traditionally secured 
home. "There was a heavy 
steel security door and grilles 
on the windows which made it 
difficult” 

Mrs Dey was found dead in 
bed. Her daughter was found 
to be breathing even though 
dense Mack smoke from foam- 
filled furniture filled the flat 
She was taken to University 
College HospitaL 

The block of flats is heavily 
vandalized with ripped out 
light fittings in communal 
entrance halls and walls 
daubed with graffiti. 

Chief Supt Peter Stevens 
said: "This is a typical London 
inner city area where people 
are frightened for their lives by 
the amount of violent crime". 

Camden council confirmed 
last night that Mrs Dey bad 
twice refused to have new 
locks fitted and the steel 
security door removed. 


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with trouble funding 
environmental 
safeguards. 

• In a three-part series, 
77?e Times looks at 

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in Kent 

-argument over the 
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— how the Midlands 
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Mendis 
says he 
was wrong 


Viraj Mendis. who was de¬ 
ported from Britain a week 
ago, said yesterday he was 
wrong in the accusations he 
had made against Sri Lanka 
during attempts to avoid 
repatriation. 

Mendis, aged 32, said in a 
statement that his actions had 
given the impression that "I 
have little love for my country 
and have used the troubles 
here as a means to prolong my 
stay in Britain. This is not the 
case. 

"I love my country deeply. I 
regret that this misunder¬ 
standing should have arisen. 
With greater sensitivity on my 
part it could have been 
avoided.' Some of my claims 
were made in good faith at the 
time, I now perceive (.them) to 
have been wrong." 

Mendis had claimed he 
could be killed if sent home, 
either by the government or 
by a Sinhalese group, because 
of his public support for a 
Tamil separatist movement 

Since arriving in Colombo, 
be has been reunited with his 
family, held news conferences 
and moved-about freely. 

Church leaders insisted yes¬ 
terday that they bad not been 
duped by Mendis. 

They think the statement may 
have been made under duress. 

Father John Mathuen. rec¬ 
tor at the Church of Ascention 
in Manchester, where Mendis 
spent two years, said the 
statement was highly ques¬ 
tionable, and neither be nor 
his parishioners regretted hav¬ 
ing granted him sanctuary. 


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Legislation to safegnard holiday-makers’ 
rights has bees demanded by local authority 
trading standards officers. 

A report by Lacots, the local authorities’ co¬ 
ordinating body on trading standards, 
recommends that the Government should 
swiftly adopt the Emropean Comraisrion's draft 
directive on package travel, so that holiday 
contracts and brochures would have to be 
dearly intelligible, ami liability for any 
shortcoming dearly defined. 

The directive's provisions would also in- 
trodnee a single complaints procedme in each 
EC member state. The report cafe for a new 
European directive to make all hotels and 


holiday accommodation conform to safety 
standards. Large Bombers of foreign hotels, 
Lacots says, foil to meet basic safety 
requirements regarding fire precautions, lifts, 
bakooies and fanrishiags. 

An increasing number of complaints about 
high-pressure selling of timeshare holiday 
homes brings a recommendation that there 
should he a seven-day "cooling off” period 
within which p a rc h as e is would have the right 
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4 HOME NEWS 


THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY ™ 

Toyota surveys six UK sites in search tor oase 


NEWS ROUNDUP 


Rifkind pledge to 
veterinary school 

Mr Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of Stale for Scotland, 
pledged yesterday to investigate the planned closure of 
Glasgow University’s Veterinary School. Former pupils of 
the school include James Heniot, the author. The school 
provided a base for Aids research and for die wort of Sir 
James Blade, the Nobel prize-winner. 

A working party of the University Grants Committee 
proposed the closure, based on estimates of the number of 
graduate veterinary surgeons Britain is likely to need, In a 
meeting next week with Sir Peter Swinneiton-Dyer, the 
UGC chairman, Mr Rifkind is to question the report 
Mr Rifkind visited the school yesterday and said it was a 
matter of “some concern” that die report did not examine 
the relative academic merits of the schools. Under the 
proposals, Britain's six veterinary schools would be reduced 
to four with the closure of Glasgow and part of Cambridge. 

Roman site inquiry 

A public inquiry is to be held into plans to buDd an office 
block in York on a site where remains, possibly of the 
imperial residence of a Roman Emperor, have been 
discovered. Archaeologists on the site of the former Queen's 
Hotel, in Micklegate, feared that revised plans for a 
basement car park would result in permanent damage to 
the remains. The Department of the Environment’s 
announcement of the inquiry should give them at least an 
extra three months to continue excavating what could be 
among the most important buildings uncovered in Britain. 

Shipyard takeover 

Zenta Engineering Holdings, a Glasgow engineering firm, 
was yesterday named as the bidder likely to take over the 
Hall Russell shipyard in Aberdeen and to complete the £19 
million government-funded St Helena ferry. The announce¬ 
ment came from Mr Christopher Patten, Minister for 
Overseas Development, whose department is funding the 
ferry project Receivers were called in last November when 
negotiations were started to rescue the yard from financial 
crisis. Central to the deal was approval of the overseas 
development administration. 

Caution on conifers 

Sir William Wilkinson, chairman of the Nature Conser¬ 
vancy Council, gave a qualified welcome yesterday to a 
report suggesting that a further 39,000 hectares of the How 
Country, in the for north of Scotland, should be planted with 
conifers. Although the council was represented on the 
working party which produced the report, the gains for 
conservation had been less than it wished. But the report 
should allow the council to get on with identifying sites of 
special scientific interest, he said. 

Scots rail fares move 

Cheaper fores and free seat reservations from Scotland are to 
be introduced on Anglo-Scottish Intercity rail services from 
Monday. The “Intercity in Scotland” initiative, being 
mounted to counter competition from alternative means of 
travel, will be supported by a £300,000 advertising 
campaig n. Scotrail receives no government financial 
support and is faring stiff competition from die airlines, 
coaches and the private car. 

Gas worker wins 

A British Gas worker dismissed after he was seen on 
television at an election count while he was off ill has won 
his unfair di smissal claim. Mr Alan Duncan, aged 37, an 
operator at Provan Gas Works, Glasgow, was suffering from 
a torn ligament and had a medical certificate. He was 
subsequently dismissed. He rfainwi it was because of trade 
union activities. The Glasgow tribunal said that was not the 
main reason. A further hearing is to determine the remedy. 


Bank loses court right 


The Bank of Scotland yes¬ 
terday lost its right to have a 
legal action against a London- 
based organization heard by a 
Scottish court 

The Court of Session over¬ 
turned a ruling by Lord Cullen 
in November on an appeal by 
the Investment Management 
Regulatory Organization, the 
registered office of which is in 
New Oxford Street London. 

Lord Dunpark, giving the 
leading opinion, said that the 


Bank of Scotland had brought 
legal action against the 
organization in the wrong pan 
of the United Kingdom. It 
would have to be done in the 
English courts. 

The legal dispute began last 
year when the bank asked the 
organization to set aside its 
rules on life assurance invest¬ 
ment which the bank consid¬ 
ered restrictive. 

The case could now go before 
the House of Lords. 


By Tim Janes, Joe Joseph 
and Peter Davenport 

Toyota, the world’s third largest car 
manufacturer, has already surveyed 
at least six sites in Britain as possible 
locations for its proposed £600m 
production plant, which will make 
200,000 can a year and employ 
3,000 people. 

Although no dedskm has yet been 
taken by the company, Mr Shoichiro 
Toyoda, president of Toyota, said 
yesterday that several factors made 
Britain the strongest contender for 
toe plant, which the company wants 
to build in Western Europe before 
1992 and the introduction of the free, 
market. 

On Thursday, Mrs Margaret 
Thatcher said that Britain was toe 
“lead country” for the Japanese film 
in its search for a European base. 

Her view was confirmed by Lord 
Young of Grafiham, the Secretary of 
Slate for Trade and Industry, who 
has invited the company to work 


dosety with his department in 
pursuing its feasibility studies. 

In a move which could upset 
other unions in the industry, Mr 
Gavin Laird, general secretary of the 
Amalgamated Engineering Union, 
said: his union would be prepared to 
offer the company a single-union 
deaL He added: “We will co-operate 
whether it is a single union or multi- 
union deaL This is a triumph for 
British workers and the confidence 
foreign investors place in them.” 

The union is determined to try to 
avoid a replay of toe Ford debacle, 
whoa the company abandoned plans 
to site its £40 million electronic 
component plant in Dundee because 
of opposition by Mr Ron Todd’s 
transport workers’ union to a singlc- 
imion deal which the AEU had 
negotiated. 

Last night, a spokesman for the 
TGWU said it was too early to 
consider how the plant would be 
manned. Toyota has been conduct¬ 
ing p reliminar y surveys in the UK 


Dundee and toe publicity it engen¬ 
dered. But local authorities repre¬ 
senting at least six possible sites tn 
PwgkmH and Wales have been sent 
detailed questionnaires ranging 
from requests for soil analysis to 
life-style and local amenities. 

Yesterday, speaking on BBC 
Radio 4’s Today programme, Lora 
Young said he would be very 
surprised if the company, did not 
find a suitable site in Britai n. 

He said most of the parts used to 
make care at toe proposed site would 
be European-made; “It will start at 
60 per cent but within two to three 
years it will go to 80 per cent.” 

The Government, be said, would 
not be offering large cash induce¬ 
ments to attract Toyota. “I doubt if 
than will be very much money 
involved. The European Commu¬ 
nity has very strict rules from 
January 1 this year." 

Under those rules, all Govern¬ 
ment aid for projects with invest- 


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considering a site near Leeds. 

Sf Wales, three sites are under 

smousconsideiation. One, in north 

Wales, is at Shotion m Clwyd, close 
to toe site of toe former sted wta. 
Another possibility is at Uanwnio 
the outskirts of Newport in G went- 
The third site is on the outskirts of 
Cardiff at Wenafioog. 

Mr Toyoda said yesterday; We 
have been conducting a study 
covering the entire EC area. The W 
has emerged as one of toe strongest 

candidates." _ 

He brushed aside European ca r 
makers’ fears that there are already 


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like to continue exports to the EC m 
a prudent manner, but we have* 
meet the needs ofour customers wl. . 

dealerships. . 

“There is 3 demand there, In 
onier to meet those nee*, trebare 
to increase our volume. In order to 
do that.« have to produce our can 
locally.” 


Opposition partie s thra sh out strategy for self gover nment 

MPs join in 
Scots talks 
on home rule 


DAVE HUTCHIS0II 


Leading Labour, Nationalist 
and Democrat MPs gathered 
in Edinburgh yesterday to 
thrash out a strategy for 
Scottish self government, 
nearly 300 years after the dty 
closed down its parliament 
Their deliberations look likely 
to encounter as much disunity 
as did the dissolution in 1707. 

The opposition parties met 
to discuss a constitutional 
convention in an atmosphere 
of pessimism. It was hardly in 
keeping with that of 1320, 
when the Declaration of 
Arbroath pronounced: “So 
long as one hundred of us 
remain alive, we are minded 
never a whit to bow beneath 
tin yoke of the English”. 

The meeting described as 
historic, consisted of initial 
discussions an how to achieve 
a non-pariiamentary Scottish 
assembly representing all 
shades of political opinion. 

Three empty chairs at the 
table symbolized the Conser¬ 
vatives, who hold only 10 of 
Scotland's 72 parliamentary 
seats and scorn the notion of a 
convention. 

Opposition parties, all of 
which support some degree of 
Scottish home rule, hope that 
a convention will ultimately 
lead to some form of par¬ 
liament in Edinburgh. 

However, the tone yes¬ 
terday was one of sober cau¬ 
tion, lacking in the ringing 
sentiment of Arbroath that 
“we fight for liberty alone, that 
liberty which no good man 
lays down but with his fife”. 

One ofthe main problems is 
the question of a constitution, 
with the SNP, buoyed by 
recent opinion polls and their 
triumph at Govan, demand¬ 
ing direct elections or linkage 


to the European Parliament 
polling in June. 

Mr Jim Sifiars, victor of 
Glasgow Govan, and one of 
the SNP's three repre¬ 
sentatives yesterday, said: 
“We would be very foolish to 
get too euphoric. There are 
fundamental differences be¬ 
tween us.” 

One of those, he said, was 
the question of sovereignty. 
“There is no way we can see 
Westminster as sovereign. 
That gives Thatcher a veto 
over what the Scots decide.” 

Mr Donald Dewar, Lab¬ 
our’s Scottish spokesman, said 
there would be no early at¬ 
tempt to settle matters of 
principle. “There are big dif¬ 
ferences.” 

Mr Malcolm Bruce, Scottish 
leader of the Democrats, said: 
“There is room for discussion. 
We do not dose doors on the 
composition of the 
convention.” 

The initial plan, drawn up 
by die all-party C am paig n for 
a Scottish Assembly, su gg e s ts 
a 147-member body of Scot¬ 
tish MPs, Euro MPs and 
representatives of local auth¬ 
orities, trade unions, the 
churches and other groups. 

However, even before yes¬ 
terday, there were fears toad a 
body of that size would be too 
large. The SNP rejects any 
plan giving Labour a large 
working majority. 

At present, only toe Scottish 
National Party favours full 
independence, with a plan 
envisaging enthusiastic mem¬ 
bership of the European 
Community. Labour favours a 
devolved assembly, while the 
Democrat back renegotiation 
of the Treaty of Union. 





Mrs 
opposition' 


, Mr Gordon Wilson and Mr Jim SiBars, of the SNP delegation, in Edinburgh yesterday with other 
i a representative, bat non-parfiamentary constitutional convention for a setf-govermng Scotland. 


Hurd steps up war on violent crime 


By Peter Evans, Home Affairs Correspondent 


Mr Douglas Hurd, the Home Secret a ry , 
heralded yesterday three measures next 
week as part of a government ca mpaign 
against violent crime; 

He told Conservatives at Tring, 
Hertfordshire, he would be announcing 
details next week of a further 1,100 
police posts in England and Wales. 

“We have already changed the law to 
make it an offence for anyone to carry a 
knife in a public place without good 
reason. Next week we shall bring into 
force a ban on the private ownership of 
the Kalashnikov and other lethal fire¬ 
arms.” 

Part of the answer lay in getting toe 
right sentences passed on violent offend¬ 
ers. It should be no part of any 
politician’s fob to second-guess the 
decisions of judges or magistrates in 


particular cases. “The fact is that toe 
courts are now pasting longer sentences 
for most violent crimes and from next 
week there will also be a new right of 
appeal (through toe Attorney General) 
available to the prosecution if they think 
that a serious criminal has beat sen¬ 
tenced too leniently.” 

Violent crime, and toe fear of crime, 
continued to cloud the fives of too many 
citizens. Even though offences-against 
the person accounted for only about one 
ia 20 of aU crimes, violent crime 
continued to rise at a time when the 
overall crime rate was foiling. 

Curbing stupid drinking was part of 
the strategy. “In last year’s Licensing 
Act, we tightened up toe law against 
under-age drinking and gave magistrates 
the power to stop alcohol being sold in 


late-night dubs and discos. “This year 
we shall be adding to their armoury a 
new power to revoke a liquor licence 
because of irresponsible behaviour or 
bad management by the licensee.” 

Parents, teachers and broadcasters had 
the power to shape toe moral dev¬ 
elopment of a child: whether he grew up 
straight or crooked. “Social discipline 
and respect for others cannot be 
achieved through passing laws or build¬ 
ing prisons”, Mr Hurd said. 

“The longer I serve as Home Sec¬ 
retary, toe more that I talk to police 
officers, prison officers or magistrates, 
the more it is borne in on me that anyone 
who takes seriously the problem of crime 
has to discuss both families and schools 
because these are influences which have 
shaped today's lager lout or soccer thug.” 


January 27 1989 


PARLIAMENT 


Procedural device blocks Bill to curb press invasion of privacy 


The private Member’s Bill to 
restrict the invasion of privacy 
by the press fell in the Commons 
when its supporters failed to 
carry a motion to enable a vote 
on the second reading. 

The closure motion which 
would have allowed a decision 
on second reading was carried 
by 98 to one, but 100 MPs must 
vote in favour in order that such 
a motion be carried. 

The failure to carry the second 
reading puts the Bill down the 
queue of private Members’ Bills, 
and although technically’ the 
debate on it was adjourned, no 
day was named for its 
continuation. 

The Protection of Privacy Bill 
sets out to establish a right of 
privacy for the individual 
against the unauthorized use or 
disclosure of private informa¬ 
tion and it seeks to confer 
remedies for the public misuse 
of private information. 

MPs had been debating the 
Bill for nearly five hours and as 

the time for toe vote approached 
Mr Gregory Knight Derby 
North. O was speaking against 
the Bill and had made dear that 
he intended to “talk the BUI 
out” if he could. 

He said that he disagreed with 
it and did not believed that it 
could be improved by further 
consideration. 

There were problems with toe 
butf 


firsland only option. The Press 
Council, under its new chair¬ 
man Mr Louis Blom-Cboper, 
should be given another chance. 

Mr Timothy Renton, Minis ter 
of State, Home Office, said that 
the Government was not seek¬ 
ing to oppose the Bill at second 
reading. But it did have reserva¬ 
tions about le gislatio n on the 
subject of privacy and on the 
dialling of the Bill 

He could not ignore the 
distress and suffering that could 
be caused to victims and their 
families by invasions of privacy. 

“There is growing resentment 
in many quarters at the way 
some of the tabloid press bla¬ 
tantly exploit details of toe 
private lives of pubic figures 
but also, on too many occasions, 
ordinary people, such as victims 
of disatiers, who through no 
choice of their own find them¬ 


selves thrust into the public 
eye." 

There was something 
tionable about : 
private lives invaoea uy news¬ 
papers whose primary pursuit 
was higher circulation figures. 

But the Government was not 
persuaded ofthe need for such a 
Bill 

It was one thing to fed a sense 
of outrage but another to devise 
a sensible and satisfactory 
means of putting things right 


Mr John Browse (Win¬ 
chester, C), the Bill’s sponsor, 
said that it tried to balance the 
need for an individual's privacy 
the legitimate neats of 
' community. 

“We must always distinguish 
between the public interest and 

toe interests ofthe public.” 

Bolls showed that 70 per cent 
of the public were disgusted and 
concerned about the increased 


BiD will put water in tite moat of 
everyone’s castle.” 

The Bin recognized two 
competing interests: Freedom of 
information; and the protection 
of individual privacy. 

“It seeks to confer remedies 
for the public misuse of private 
information rather than the 
general right of the protection of 
privacy.” 

The Bill did not set out to be 
the killjoy of normal village 
tittle-tattle and gossip. 

It bad been argued by past 
Governments that the p res s 
should be sd£regufatory. **For 
the past 36 years, breach of 
privacy cases have been decided 
by the Press CounriL In each 
case individual members of the 
council have decided 


Mr Jnfiu CrftcMey (Aider- 
shot, Q said that the English 
daily newspaper was as British 
as football hooligans and just as 
welcome. The leaders of the 
pack were Rupert Murdoch’s 
Sun and News of the World, with 
The Star bringing up the rear. 

“I suppose The Sun is toe 
most successful and least attrac¬ 
tive newspaper in Britain. JLn 
fact it is not a newspaper, it is 
more an entertainment sheet. Its 
staff — I have written a column 
for The Sun — refer to the l 
as toe comic’. The truth is 
as standards drop, circulation 
rise." 


to their own view of privacy 
public interest,” 

_ The result was arb i t rar y de¬ 
risions with no restitution for 
the wronged. 


The Sun easily headed the 
complaints league last year with 
15 complaints to the Press 
Council bring upheld and one 
partly upheld. He doubted if 
Rupert Murdoch or his editor, 
Kelvin MacKenzie, cared much. 
The 16 rebukes were probably 
on Mr MacKenzie’s 
like so many RAF 


During die coarse of the debate a 
namber of MPs gave £Dnstra- 
tiousof the way newspapers had 
invaded their privacy or that of 
their family and friends. Among 
them was Miss Down Primarolo 
(Bristol South, Lab) who last 
week asked a Commons ques¬ 
tion of the Prime Minister on 

behalf of Mn Ann Clwyd 
(Cynoa Valley, Lab) who had 
lost her nice; 

Miss Primaroio said that in¬ 
vestigative journalism wa3 not a 
right to harass people, to destroy 
their fires or make then mis¬ 
erable. Journalists were not 
entitled to muckrake, to fab¬ 
ricate and to spread lies about 
people. 


She had 
journalists who 


that 
bad been in¬ 


volved in a matter concerning 
her were in contempt of the 
House and that she emdd have 
taken the matter to the Privi¬ 
leges Committee. But that would 

gfre her protection that the 
public would not haw so she had 
decided not to do so. 

Within hours of her putting 
the question on behalf of Mrs 
Clwyd last week, journalists 
were at her home in Bristol, 
harassing her friends and fam¬ 
ily, seeking to discover some 
sordid or unsavoury episode in 
her past or, perhaps, present, 
amply because they did not like 
toe parihunentary question. 

Reporters from The Son 
camped outside her ex-hus¬ 
band's house. They bad gone to 
his workplace, too, and to 
community projects that be and 


exploitation of breaches of pri¬ 
vacy for financial gain. 

In Europe and the United 
Stales, privacy laws bad worked 
and toe press had flourished. 
Why was this country so far 
behind? 

“Surely every man and 
woman in toe country feds that 
their home is their castle in 
which their private life should 
be protected. We hope that this 


The press would be affected 
and was rightly concerned. Self¬ 
regulation had been tried with 
the Press Council, but it had 
clearly been ineffective. It was 
wrong to suggest that news 


the Bill It would not affect 
investigative journalism or at¬ 
tempts to uncover wrongdoing. 
Ii would give individuals a right 
to privacy that existed in ali 
other dvlfed countries. 


roundels on an ME 109. 

The success of newspaperc 
like The Sun raised hand ques¬ 
tions. Did Mr MacKenzie really 
do no more than raise a glass to 
tite face of his readers? “Does 
The Sun lead or amply follow?” 

Mr Geotge Gangway (Glas¬ 
gow, Hillhead, Lab) said that be 
would oppose the Bill despite 
the intervention ofFJeet Street’s 
“rat pack” in his own personal 
life. 



she were involved m. Her bus- 
band got in and out of his house 
the whole day over toe back 
gardes fence. Their friends had 
had to be warned abort saying a 
word out of place in case it were 
to be Mazmed in a newspaper as 
an attack on her. 

“I have a son, aged It, and we 
had to make arrangements to get 
him out of school the hack way. 
The last thing I wanted was to 
see a photograph of my son hi 
some unpleasant, fesfamafilag 
article in that newspaper.” A 
rather unpleasant article did 
appear on toe Friday but nine 
appeared in The Sun. 

The time had come to talk 
about the relationship between 
journalists and the private tires 
of MPs and those of 


Mr Browse: There is DO restitu¬ 
tion for toe wronged. 

The spectacle of The Suit 
newspaper appointing its 
manag in g editor as its Ombuds¬ 
man to deal with complaints 
was enough to make a horse 
faugh. 

“It fa a further evidence ofthe 
extent to which the media feel 
their ground is shifting under¬ 
neath them.” 

The Sun and tire News ef the 
World were the most successful 
newspapers in Europe, if sot the 
world. There had been a col¬ 
lapse in newspaper standards 
and the Murdoch press bore a 
tot of responsibility for it 

“The arrival of that least 
welcome immigrant in these 

l'dan^ nnri hi, emergence as 

the most powerful media baron 
in the wond, has coincided with 
a spectacular fan in standards.” 
But it wasa very successful drop 
in standards because profits and 
sales woe up. 

Other newspapers had been 
forced to Mow Mr Murdoch 
downwards because his news¬ 
papers’ circulation figures were 
zooming. The enormous power 
of toe Murdoch empire caused 
concern. 

His (Mr Galloway’s) personal 
fife had been brought into focus 
at a press conference just after 
the general election when he was 
confronted by a national news¬ 
paper journalist who had docu¬ 
ments which had been stolen 
from a friend. 

He had been questioned 
about his sex life, his home was 
besieged by jpunafists along 


with the homes of his elderly 

grandmother, father, friends 
and neighbours and even his 
five-year-old daughter bad been 
chased by a photographer. 

Despite those invasions of 
privacy be could not support the 
BiD. “Britain fa already too 
secret to afford new restrictions 
on the freedom of the press. 
Freedom of information is al¬ 
ready in too short supply. 

“Along with curbing the ex¬ 
cesses of the worst newspapers 
in the country it risks curbing 
the very necessary and good 
things about the British press, 
the kind of investigative 
journalism on which free society 
depends.” 

Mr touH Brown (Edin¬ 
burgh, Leith, Lab) spoke of the 
allegations last year about an 
incident in the shower room at 
the House, supposedly mvdv- 
lng his assistant. An exciting but 
untrue story had been pul out by 
The Sun. The News of the World 
had alleged that his assistant 

had become pregnant as a result 

of the alleged incident. The 


Q said that be suspected that 
the BiD would be welcomed by a 
large section of the press as 
something to stop toe gutter 
press doing indecent things to 
protect circulation. 

The tide was rising “and no 
Canute at Wapping or at the 
River Fleet will be able to turn it 
back”. 

. Mr Renton said that it was 
right to put on record some 
reservations the Government 
had about legislation on privacy 
md about the drafting of the 

EHJJL 

Farther consideration must 
be given to whether a new 
statutory right was likely, in- 
practice, to do anything to help 
prople whose privacy had been 
infringed. 

ft v»as important to consider 
this Bili m the context ofthe law 
o? breach of confidence and 
libeL Privacy was a difficult 
concept, it was apparent that 
privacy could not bean absolute 
right. There was an inevitable 
tension between privacy and 




from a drug addict. 

The slogan of toe tabloids 
was: “Make it simple, maim it 
juicy and make it up.” 

Mr Fran Lawrence (Barton, 


the courts to decide. 

pie Bill was likely to be used 
onlym the most extreme cases 
of k”??* 1 °f privacy. Case law 
would therefore build up slowly. 


Writs would be issued to pre¬ 
vent publication, followed by 
settlement out of court with no 
consequent clarification of the 
law. 

There could wefl be a danger 
that journalists and editors 
would abandon any idea of sdf- 
discipfine and treat any thing as 
acceptable, provided that it did 
not render them liable to legal 
action. 

“The press at times outrages 
the bounds of decent behaviour, 
but that, may be a price we have 
to pay for freedom of speech.” 

For those reasons, he had to 
continue to believe that voir 
tmiary self-regulation through 
the Press Council, endorsed by 
successive royal commissions, 
was a more effective anri appro¬ 
priate form of control than 
would be provided by 
legislation^ 9 

The new chairman of the 
council should be given the 
opportunity to make his in¬ 
fluence felt before they rushed 
mu> action which could eff¬ 
ectively undennine the future of 
sett-regulation. 

Any legislative curbs on news- 
Papers and journalism should 
only be imposed after careful 
thought and if some overriding 
national interest were involve! 


Assurance on football Bill 


By Sbaffa Gunn, Pofitical Staff 

The Government will give an 
assurance in toe Lords *+*1 
week that its football identity 
card scheme will not be forced 
on toe 92 Leapoe dubs until the 
technology is installed and 
woririne satisfactorily. 

However ministers will make 


NEXT WEEK 


terrorist laws fa due to ri«tr the 
Commons on Monday, foUow- 
ing toe Government’s use of the 
ptiffotine, against Labour’s wis¬ 
hes, to hmii debate. 

dear that they see no reason why been 

2S£S 

comes into force by 

Mr John Walceham, Leader of 
tteCommpm, baasad a* 
United Kingdom will be left 
without adequate defences 
against, terrorism if the new law 

°“ A** expires oo March 21 . 

On Wednesday, toe environ¬ 
ment win be at the top of the 


1990 season. 

They hope it wifl defose fears 
among Conservative backbench 
peers that violence could erupt 
outside football mounds if the 
scheme is not working property. 

The assu ra n ce will be given 
during the second reading de¬ 
bate ofthe Football Spectators 
Bill in the Lords on Thursday. 

The reform of Britain’s ami- 


2&=»da of both Houses. Labour 
oaschosen housing as one of its 
<k*«esin the Commons, while 
the Lords will debate pollution 

and toe quality of life. 

A second private Member’s 
Bill affecting the press is down 
^““^jrading on Friday. 

aggrieved private citizens toe 
tight to reply to inaccurate 
statem ents about them in the 
Pros, is to be moved by Miss 
Clare Short, Labour MP for 
sttnni n g ham , Ladywood. 

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reject Committee 
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Piper’s fire system 
‘virtually useless’ 
before explosion 


THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


Four months before the Piper 
Alpha platform exploded, an 
Occidental memorandum 
stated ihai ifae fire de i ugc 
system in module C. where the 
initial explosion look place 
was “virtually useless”, the 
inquuy in Aberdeen was told 
yesterday. 

Mr Konrad Wottge, facilit¬ 
ies engineering manager for 
Occidental Petroleum (Cale¬ 
donia), conceded that he had 
signed a memo last March that 
was critical of the fire-fighting 
system. “ & 

He was being cross-exam¬ 
ined on the seventh dav of the 
inquiry, before Lord Cullen 
by Mr Hugh Campbell, QC, 
on behalf of the Piper Alpha 
Trade Union Group. 

Mr Campbell read out a 
paragraph from the memo 
which read: “In case of a gas 
fire within C module, the 
existing deluge system is virtu¬ 
ally useless. It is essential that 
the bulk of any hydrocarbon 
inventory (gases) which could 
feed a fire is removed to flare 
as soon as possible. 

“This is especially essential 
on Piper as we have no 
structural fire proofing as on 
Claymore and all structural 
members are highly stressed 
and structural integrity could 
be lost in 10 to 20 minutes ifa 
fire was fed from a large. 


By Kerry GDI 

pressurized hydrocsrbonate 

inventory.” 

Mr Wottge. while agreeing 
that he had signed the memo, 
qualified it by gmphaqrmg 
that after it had been written it 
was realized that the system 
was not in such a poor state as 
bad first been believed. 

“When I wrote this letter I 
had been informed by some of 
tny engineers on the platform 
that in an emergency shut¬ 
down the reciprocating com¬ 
pressors (pan of the platform's 
gas compression system) 
would not automatically de¬ 
pressurize. 

“This gave me concern” he 
said. “The matter was fol¬ 
lowed up and it was found this 
was erroneous. The compres¬ 
sors did indeed blow (town on 
a platform shutdown, but not 
on a routine compressor trip. 

“By virtually useless I 
meant I recognized that m a 
gas fire you cannot necessarily 
put the fire out with deluge but 
you can provide structural 
cooling” he said. 

Earlier. Mr Wottge said that 
occasional scaling had taken 
place in the deluge piping 
system and that had caused 
blockages in nozzles. Design 
work had been under way to 
correct it by replacing the 
galvanized steel with stainless 
steel, although he admitted 


that it had not been carried 
out by July 6, the night of the 
disaster. 

Mr Wottge was asked how 
many limes a shutdown took 
place on Piper Alpha because 
of a perceived emergency. He 
said that in the early life of die 
platform there was a high 
level. 

However, in recent years 
the number of shutdowns had 
sharply decreased to fewer 
than a dozen a year. Asked 
bow many were “spurious, 
accidental or unwarranted”, 
Mr Wottge replied thgt it 
would be fewer than half 

Mr Wottge also said that by 
last July it had been estimated 
that the platform's design life 
would be up to about 2005. 

He said that initially Piper 
Alpha was allocated four 4&- 
person lifeboats, but a fifth 
was added before production 
began and a sixth in 197S 
because of the greater number 
of workers. 

Regulations in 1977 stipu¬ 
lated there must be spaces for 
one and half times the number 
of personnel on a platform, 
and life rafts’ capacity had to 
be twice the number of 
personnel Nine extra life rafts 
with space for 25 people were 
added. 

The inquiry continues on 
Monday. 


Airport expansion 



Impressive and 
varied entries 
vie for honours 


£421m terminal goes ahead 


' V.T •—.. . 

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By Ian Smith 

Funding negotiations for a 
second international terminal 
at Manchester Airport, costing 
£421 million, were under way 
yesterday after expansion 
plans were approved 

Work on the first phase, 
estimated to cost £243 mil¬ 
lion. will begin in April and 
the complex will be completed 
in 1995. It is expected to 
increase passenger capacity to 
23 millinn, 

The new ter minal is likely 
to provide 10,000 jobs at the 
airport with another 30,000 in 
support industries throughout 
the North-west. 

Manchester, which bas long 
been considered the poor 
provincial relative of Heath¬ 
row and Gatwick, is now 
poised to compete for prime 
international routes, including 
five in North America. If 
government talks over recip¬ 


rocal landing rights are sealed, 
daily flights will operate from 
Manchester to New York, 
Boston and Chicago. Talks are 
also under way for daily flights 
to Singapore. 

A decision to build the 
second terminal was agreed in 
principle last year but pro¬ 
tracted discussions about 
funding delayed a final 
commitment. 

Two proposals to raise the 
money are now being consid¬ 
ered: borrowing through the 
Public Works Loans Board, as 
has been done in the past, or 
opting for a lease and 
leaseback formula, with the 
money borrowed through 
another company. 

There was concern over the 
fust option because the 
Government would not guar¬ 
antee, over the next three or 
four years, that the airport 
would be granted the nec¬ 
essary borrowing powers. This 


was exemplified by a recent 
government announcement 
that borrowing over the next 
year would be restricted to 
£10 million. 

A drawback of the second 
option, believes Manchester 
Airport PLC, which yesterday 
approved the expansion plans, 
is that £50 miliion-£60 mil¬ 
lion would be added to the 
overall cost 

The final decision on the 
funding option to be adopted 
will be made in June. Mean¬ 
while, Mr Graham Stringer, 
airport chairman, will seek a 
meeting with Mr Paul Chan- 
non. Secretary of State for 
Transport, and argue the air¬ 
port’s case for wider borrow¬ 
ing powers. 

Mr Stringer, who is also 
leader of Manchester City- 
Council, said the new termi¬ 
nal would greatly assist the 
economic regeneration of the 
North-west. 


Mrs Veronica Wood and the beech trees in Stratford Park that she is campaigning to save. 

By Andrew Morgan 


A battle to save more than 27 mature trees, 
schedaled for felling as part of road improve¬ 
ment near a new Tesco store, yesterday 
gathered momentum in Stroud, Gloucester¬ 
shire. 

Tesco, hailed recently for its “green 1 * 
attitudes, was granted planning permission 
last Febraaiy for its store bat the trees issue 
flared last month after plans disclosed the road 
scheme through a section of Stratford Park. 
Planning permission for the store, now being 
bailt, was given on condition that Tesco 
realigned , foe road at its expense. 

Mrs Veronica Wood, an opponent, called a 
public meeting last month after seeing yellow 
crosses on the trees. The community's anger 
postponed foe fefling. 

The recreation and amenities committee of 
Strood District Coosa! voted on January 12. 
by a small majority for foe plans. The fall 


council votes on February 16. Opponents, who 
are not against the store ftseftt say that a cycle 
and foot path through the park would negate 
the road scheme. Mrs Wood said: “We frill 
chain ourselves to foe trees rather than see 
them felled”. 

Mrs Valerie Gardiner. Independent chair¬ 
man of the connriL says the final vote wxD be 
dose. “There is great sympathy for the tree 
campaigners. 1 recognize we have a dangerons 
road. Handreds of children ase it every day and 
no responsible person would allow foe dev¬ 
elopment without improving the road. The 
county insisted on foe improvement and 
passengers will be taken above the road.” 

Tesco says it is “in foe middle” because of 
the comity coanriTs road demand*. It plans to 
plant 70 trees in foe park in its landscaping. 
“We plant more trees than we cat down and it 
is not a question of wading in with bulldozers.” 


By Andrew Morgan 

A conservation group from 
North Yorkshire which has 
carried out extensive work in 
the Y orkshire Dales, including 
planting thousands of trees 
and dry stone walling, is one 
of the many entries for the 
£5.000 Times/BBC Radio 4 
PM Environment Awards. 

The Yorkshire Dales Con¬ 
servation Volunteers, which 
last year worked nearly every 
weekend and gave 400 days to 
projects, reflects intense grass¬ 
roots commitment to con¬ 
servation. 

Mr Russ Turner, the sec¬ 
retary. said the group had been 
involved in grassland manage¬ 
ment for the Nature Conser¬ 
vancy Council at Greenbow 
and on Malham Moor, and 
the removal of sill and vegeta¬ 
tion from a raised bog on 
Swarthmoor to preserve its 
flora. 

Nominations show an im¬ 
pressive range and include 
schools’ work, such as Auden- 
shaw Primary School, in 
Manchester, for creating a 
garden from derelict land; the 
Suffolk Preservation Society 
in its Diamond Jubilee year 
for monitoring big planning 
applications such as Sizeweli 
£k and Mr Brian WurzeU, who 
helped a threatened inner-city 
wildlife park in London by 
finding a new hybrid grass. 

A group in Surrey offers 
details of its work on 
Brenlmoor Heath, a 30-acre 
site now listed as a site of 
special scientific interest, 
which is managed by the 
Surrey Wildlife Trust. 

The Brenlmoor Heath Con¬ 
servation Working Party has 
expanded wet and dry heather 
areas by extracting pine and 
birch scrub to improve the 
habitat for flora and fauna. 

Individuals proposed in¬ 
clude Meta and Kneale Birch, 
who bought 17 acres of land in 
the Dane Valley, at Somer- 
ford. in Cheshire, and cleared 
rubbish, dug ponds and 
planted 350 trees and 340 
yards of hedging. The area 
now has a badger set nesting 
kingfishers and more than 50 
vanities of bind. 

Alan and Tess Richards are 
nominated for their efforts in 
preserving the Hope Valley, 
near Wolverhampton. They 
bought a part of the valley in 
the 1970s and prevented 
quarry development but the 
valley is now threatened with 
a six-lane motorway which 
they are fighting. 

Dr Roy Baker, from the 
University of East Anglia, 
nominates Mrs Phyllis Ellis, 
the widow of Ted Ellis, the 
naturalist, for her efforts in 


THE TIMES 

BBC RADIO 4 

PM 

ENVIRONMENT 

AWARD 


raising £120,000 to save 
Wheatfen in the Norfolk 
Broads in memory of ber 
husband 

Thc Uttlehall Pineium and 
Woods Association, near Can¬ 
terbury, in Kent, details its 
work planting hundreds of 
trees on the 15-acre site after 
the Great Storm of 1987 
caused widespread damage. 

Other impressive work has 
been carried out by the Chil¬ 
ian Society in its contribution 
to the restoration of the 
Misbourne Valley, in south 
Buckinghamshire. Last year, 
the Chitiem Conservation 
Volunteers carried out exten¬ 
sive groundwork on the upper 
reaches of the river. 

The Forth Fishery Conser¬ 
vation Trust describes its 
activities in stopping illegal 
salmon netting in the Forth 
estuary which was threatening 
stocks. Mr James Mackie. a 
trustee, says that the problem 
was ignored by the authorities. 

Other entries feature com¬ 
bined history and the environ¬ 
ment. The Feniand Archaeo¬ 
logical Trust is reconstructing 
a late Bronze Age landscape at 
Flag Fen, near Peterborough, 
which used to be a sewage 
settling-bed surrounded by 
treeless, over-drained arable 
land. So for, 5,000 plants have 
been pm down and two lakes 
built and the site, which last 
year bad 8,600 visitors, fea¬ 
tures a continuing excavation. 

Another individual pro¬ 
posed for the awards is Mr 
John Willmer who runs the 
organic Friars Court Farm, 
Oanfield, Oxfordshire. He 
refuses to use pesticides and 
has created a lake and bog for 
wildfowl and planted small 
woods as well as using solar 
power to dry grain. 

Many other impressive en¬ 
tries have been received. 
Nominations, in up iO 250 
words, with photographs 
(non-returnable) if possible 
and a daytime telephone num¬ 
ber for those nominated as 
essential, should be sent to: 
The Times/PM Environment 
Awards, PO Box 486. 1 
Pennington Street, London El 
9XN and should arrive by last 
post next Friday. 


Drug firm blocks 
advice to doctors 

By Thomson Prentice, Science Correspondent 


Cash cut for fish 
food researchers 

By John Young, Agriculture Correspondent 


A drug company has pre¬ 
vented doctors and patients 
from receiving information 
about one of its products by 
taking out an injunction 
against the Department of 
Health. 

The unprecedented action 
by Organon Laboratories, of 
Cambridge, has blocked pub¬ 
lication in a bulletin issued to 
doctors by the Committee on 
the Safety of Medicines. 

The department said yes¬ 
terday that it would fight the 
injunction when the case is 
heard in the High Court on 
February 13. 

The dispute is over inform¬ 
ation put out in its bulletin. 
Current Problems, by the 
committee on an anti-depres- 
sant drug. Bolvidon, which is 
made by the company. 

However, Oiganon ob¬ 
tained a High Court injunc¬ 
tion at the beginning of this 
month to prevent the bulletin 
being published. The article 
on the drug has now .been 
removed from the edition. 

The department said yes- 
terdav that it would defend its 
view "in court. “We also feel 


that the data sheet issued by 
the company for this product 
should be amended.” 

The company said yes¬ 
terday h bad resorted to legal 
action after foiling to persuade 
the department to consider 
specific benefits of the drug. 

“We wanted the depart¬ 
ment to weigh the risks and 
benefits in their advice to 
doctors. It was because ihis 
balance was not struck that we 
sought an injunction”, the 
company said. 

“The implication may be 
that we have taken this action 
solely for commercial reasons 
and I must emphasize this is 
not the case. While commer¬ 
cial .considerations are in¬ 
volved, the over-ridingissue is 
one of safety”, it said. 

About a million prescrip¬ 
tions for the drug, whose 
generic name is mianserin, 
were written in Britain last 
year. 

A letter in today’s issue of 
The Lancet gives a warning 
that the case has important i 
implications, which may not | 
be resolved at the High Court i 
hearing. | 


| Research at Britain’s only lab- 
i oratory serving the fishing in¬ 
dustry. the Tony Rearch 
i Station, Aberdeen, is to be cut 
by a third unless the industry 
is willing to finance it. 

According to the Institution 
of Professional Civil Servants, 
the threatened projects cover 
such matters as fish spoilage, 
refrigeration and shelf-life. 
The 40 staff whose jobs may 
go are engaged, among other 
things, in testing packaging, 
chilling and refrigeration tech¬ 
niques against food-related 
bacteria, such as salmonella, 
Usleria and botulism. 

The proposed cuts, amount¬ 
ing to £1,200,000. are part of 
the Government’s plans to cut 
public expenditure on “near 
market” agricultural and food 
research, which it believes 
should be funded by the food 
and forming industry. 

But Mr Joe Duckworth, foe 
institution’s negotiator, said 
yesterday that the cuts at 
Tony contradicted foe Gov¬ 
ernment’s assurance this week 
that it would continue to 
support research into food 
safety. “This shameful dc- 


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ment puts penny-pinching 
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fish industry are shocked.” 

It would be impossible to 
obtain alternative funding, he 
claimed. Three quarters offish 
processing firms employed 10 
or fewer people, in an industry 
struggling to cope with shrink¬ 
ing fish stocks, more distant 
fishing zones and EEC har¬ 
monization requirements. 

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tance to the Sea Fish Industry 
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terday that it had been noti¬ 
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ernment was told yesterday. 

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elopment and Industry) be¬ 
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sential until non-domestic 
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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


Anglo-German differences 


Howe lectures Bonn 
over need to keep 
pressure on Russia 


Arafat presses EEC for more 


From San Moray, Bonn 
rmament will make 


Speaking for the hawks of armament will make r 
Nato, Sir Geoffrey Howe, the unnecessary. 

Foreign Secretary, tried hard The scientists who will have 
here yesterday to persuade to do the research and dev 
Herr Hans-Dietrich Genscher, elopment of the new genera 
the West German Foreign non of missiles want i 
Minister, to have the coinage decision by the time of the 
of the alliance’s convictions. Nato Council meetings in 

Sir Geoffrey urged an end to May and June. These wif 
Herr Genscher’s attempts to commemorate the 40 1 1 
stop tire sale to Jordan of eight anniversary of the alliance 
Tornado aircraft built by a and there is the chance of z 
British, West German and celebratory summit in Lon- 
Italian consortium. don which Mrs Thatches 

With the support of Herr would like to made by an 
Geoscher's Federal Demo- agreement on modernization. 


which Britain is anxious to 
avoid. 

The Tornado sale seems 


to do the research and dev- just to have burst on to Herr 
elopment of the new genera- Geoscher’s consciousness, al- 


tion of missiles want a 
decision by the time of the 
Nato Council meetings in 
May and June. These will 
commemorate the 40th 
anniversary of the alliance, 
and there is the chance of a 
celebratory summit in Lon- 


though it was announced is 
October and approved by 
Herr Kohl — even though he 
refused federal funding for it, 
prompting Mis Thatcher to 
write expressing her dis¬ 
appointment — which may 
explain why the Chancellor 


cratic Party, the Bundestag 
yesterday voted to refer the 
sale to four different par¬ 
liamentary committees, eff¬ 
ectively delaying the necessary 
West German approval, per¬ 
haps to a point where the sale 
is cancelled. 

Were this to happen, it 
would cast a shadow over next 
month’s Anglo-German sum¬ 
mit in Frankfurt. 

In the event, yesterday’s 
meeting between the two for¬ 
eign ministers was devoted 
mainly to East-West relations 
in the light of perestroika. 

Sir Geoffrey argued that the 
alliance must not drop its 
guard just because the Soviet 
Union was making long-over¬ 
due arms reductions. On the 
contrary, he urged Herr 
Genscber to agree quickly to 
update Nato’s arsenal of short- 
range nuclear weapons so that 
it could stand firm against the 
Soviet threat. That was the 
surest way, he said, of forcing 
President Gorbachov, the 
Soviet leader, to make more 
concessions. In any case, 
Nato’s forces were still vastly 
outnumbered, he said. 

But Heir Genscher has a 
strong reason for wanting to 
delay a decision to update the 
missiles — the federal election 
at the end of next year. He 
knows it would be electorally 
highly unpopular to agree to 
modernization, and he hopes 
the Soviet Union’s decision to 
proceed With unilat eral dis- 


don which Mrs Thatcher raised no objections when the 
would like to mark by an Bavarian Bank pul together a 
agreement on modernization. DM370 million (£113 mu- 
Hen- Genscher, however, lion) financial padage for it. 
argues that jt perfectly Herr Genscher, seeking to 
possible to delay a final de- Mode the sale, raised tire 
rision until at least the end of matter strongly in Cabinet last 
1990, which would further Tuesday, reminding the Clan- 



• more supp^ 

FromHaro Debeliu^ri^ ^ ^ ^ 


Ministers 

to Mr Yassir Arafat s argu- 
ments for recognition of hi- 

Palestine “government • D 
they did not any 

responding commitment. 

During the meeting M* 
Arafat explained why h 

considers EEC . 

uortant for the establishment 

rT Middle East peace 
conference. . .. 


2J, guest of honour « a 
lunchwn hwwdby Sefar 

Fernandez Onto** J*tth 
whs also attended by foe offer 
^ Ambers of the. ^ 

g^whfch held the EEC 

presidency prior to Spam, and 
fence, which takes over on 

July I- . , , . 

The three foreign ministers’ 

1 * ■ a» urntu 


At the same tune mandate is to 

man of the three-member EEC 0 f bringing peace to 

delegation, Senor Francisco g J£ j^dle East and to report 
Fernandez Ordon», ondon^ t0 , meedng of EECforeg, 


edl y informed the PLOch^- “^ !eH hereonFe*™jyK 

wJ manor the reaction he receive® , indication of diffep- 

from the toeK Goverame^ ^ wiutin the EEC 

a.. uu>M rVlirforpllff DTO- *“S . __ A_mac tha 


to the peace conference pro¬ 
posal daring a recent tnp to 
Tel Aviv - that governments 
who want to partkapate in 
peacemaking should keep 

their distance from the parties 
involved in the conflict. 


onihePLOqoesti y^g* 
absence of * frenchman 
the score of 

who welcomed Mr Arafat on 
Thursday night- 
© JERUSALEM: Israel emt- 


mvolved m me coaim*. w .. v.,™*- 

During a duuier in honour of demned^te minted 

Mr Arafet last Thursday, the fee 

p™ Minister. Senor Felipe and Mr Araiati warouig 


Brussels (Renter) — A new 
EEC fraud investigation is to 
give top priority to swindles 
carried out at the expense of 
the farm budget. Spending on 
agriculture amounted to 27.5 
bOlioa Ecus (£18 billion) last 
year, and estimates are that 
fraud accounted for some 10 
per cent of this fig ur e. Some 
important frauds uncovered 
have involved mestk beef trad¬ 
ers can Haim subsidies when 


cellor of the federal law which 
prohibits the sale of raw 
materials to areas of tension. 

The argument was 

used in Parliament yesterday 
by the Social Democratic 
opposition in leading the vote 
against the deal. Now the 
economics committee, foreign 
affair s committee, defence 
committee and development 
aid committee are to discuss 
the sale and make recom¬ 
mendations to Parliament, it 


Prime Minister, Senor Felipe 
Gonzalez, is thought to have 
told his guest that Spain does 
not fed it is tire right moment 
to recognize a stale of 
Palestine. 


Europeans that their step 
would only encourage violence 
(Renter reports). 

“Israel is gravely dis¬ 
appointed by the meeting,” a 


fire an a ndi en o e yesterday sifter tire 


Mr Yassir Arafat to tire Zarzuela Palace in Madrid 
X> ch airm an’s meeting with EEC foreign ministers. 


In a recent letter to Senor Foreign 
Gonzdlez, the PLO leader Mr Darnel Shek, said .m a 
asked him, as president of the statement. He . 

EEC. to seek EEC recognition spite softer rbeionc Hwams 
of a Palestine state. the West. PLOleaders 

When Mr Arafat left the stated "J** 1 Sj 

Foreign Ministry to call on in the Arab world ttmtteey 
KhngJaan Carlos after a two- have not recognized Israel or 
hour session with tire foreign renounced violence. 


selling to countries in which, win be at least a fortnight 
prices are lower than those before the committees can 


Threat to Mayor of Bethlehem is denied 


guaranteed in the EEC. 

detente by sending the right 
signal to Moscow. 

The popularity with the 
German public ofa delay — or 
cancellation —of missile mod¬ 
ernization also appears to 
have swayed Chancellor 
Helmut Kohl, who recently 
reprimanded his Defence 
Minister, Herr Rupert Scholz, 
for saying modernization 
could not be deferred. 


meet. The summit is sched¬ 
uled for February 20. 

Moreover, now that Panav- 
ia, a West German daughter 
firm of the three-nation con¬ 
sortium, wants to sell Torna¬ 
dos to South Korea, Here 
Genscbef’s party is pressing 
for talks to define the rules on 
arms exports. 

This, again, is a popular 
electoral cause, particularly 
now that West Germany is in 
so much international bad 


Herr Scholz will, in feet, be odour for being involved in 


in London next week to 
discuss such matters with Mr 
George Younger, the Defence 
Secretory. Another item on 


the construction of the Libyan 
chemical factory. 

In short, therefore, the 
working meeting yesterday 


their agenda will be a West was spent with Sir Geoffrey 
German demand to reduce the trying to harden West Germa- 


amount of low-flying training 
over the federal republic. 


fly’s image and Here Genscher 
trying to soften it 


By David Rowan 

The dispute over whether Mr Yassir 
Arafat actually threatened Mr Elias 
Freij, the Mayor of Bethlehem, is still 
continuing, although Mr Bassam Abu 
Sharif, Mr Arafat's political adviser, 
has claimed that “words were pul into 
the mouth of Yassir Arafat” and that 
the allegations of a threat were based 
on a misquotation. 

On Wednesday the Israeli Embassy 
in London issued a statement rebuk¬ 
ing the Foreign Office for “naivety” in 
ignoring “the obvious meaning of 
Arafat’s personal threats directed at 
the Palestinian mayor of Bethlehem” 
which h went on to claim was 
inconsistent with his earlier renunci- 
ation of terrorism. 

In a speech made on January 2 in 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mr Arafat was 
widely reported to have said: “Who¬ 
ever thinks of stopping the intifada 
(uprising) before it achieves its goals, 1 


wfl] give him 10 bullets in the chest” 
The threat was reported on Arabic 
Radio Monte Carla by the Kuwaiti 
news agency, and by the Kuwaiti 
newspaper At-Anba. 

Speaking on Radio Monte Carlo a 
day later, he repeated the warning: 
“Any Palestinian leader who proposes 
an end to the intifada exposes himself 
to the bullets of his own people and 
endangers his life. The PLO will know 
how to deal with him.” 

Mr Shari£ however, claimed that 
Mr Arafat had been incompletely 
quoted. According to Whitehall 
sources, Mr Sharif on Wednesday told 
Mr William Waldegrave, Minister of 
State at the Foreign Office, that Mr 
Arafat had said that “he was not able 
to stop the intifada even if he wanted 
to, and in his view anyone who tried 
would get 10 bullets in the chest”. 

Yet within hours of the January 2 
broadcast, Mr Freij had withdrawn 
his call for a one-year truce to the 


uprising in the occcupied West Bank 
and Gaza Strip. Although Mr Freij 
denied that be had been threatened, 
the next morning Mr Moshe Arens, 
the Israeli Foreign Minister, cited Mr 
Arafat’s statement, which he claimed 
demonstrated Israel's contention that 
Mr Arafat was a terrorist “We are 
convinced that establishing contacts 
or, worse yet, extending recognition to 
the PLO, cannot possibly promote 
peace in the Middle East” Mr Arens 
said. “It is bound to encourage 
extremism and further acts of 
violence.” 

Mr Freij had first suggested the 
truce in interviews last month, when 
he said that Palestinians might stop 
the violent attacks of the year-long 
uprising if Israel released all the 
prisoners it holds as security threats 
and hailed provocative measures 
against Arabs. 

He suggested that the UN Security 
Council should sponsor the truce and 


during a visit to Romania he aska! 
President Ceauseseu to discuss it with 
the PLO. However, Mr Freij retracted 
the proposal in a statement late on 
January 2, following Mr Arafat’s 
warning that anyone proposing an end 
to the intifada was exposing himself 
“to the bullets of his own people”. 

“1 have the right to make a proposal 
but the PLO has the right to make 
derisions,” he said, “and if they have 
decided that the time is not suitable or 
the idea is not suitable, 1 certainly 
respect that” 

Mr Freij did not think that Mr 
Arafat had made threats directed 
against any particular person, but 
conceded that the response had not 
been encouraging among Palesti nians. 

Mr George Shultz, then US Sec¬ 
retary of State, told journalists on 
January 4 that Mr Arafat's threat 
fitted “very badly” with the US 
understanding of the PLO's renunci¬ 
ation of terrorism. 


Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 


Japan envoys follow US out of Kabul 


The decision by the United 
States to close its embassy in 
Kabul could encourage an 
exodus of foreign diplomats 
from the beleaguered Afghan 
capital. Western envoys said 
yesterday. 

The Japanese Foreign Min¬ 
istry in Tokyo said yesterday 
that it was closing its mission 
and its three staff members 
were being sent home for their 
safety. 

A spokesman said that the 
Government bad for some 
time advised Japanese to stay 
away from Afghanistan. The 
closure of the embassy had 
been decided in view of the 
worsening situation in Kabul 

He said that the three 
diplomats, including Mr Keifci 
Hiraga, the Charge d’Affaires, 
would leave Afghanistan as 
soon as possible, probably for 
India. 

The Japanese Ambassador 
to Afghanistan had not been 
stationed in Kabul since 1987, 
he said. 

Several Western diplomats 
said that the US decision, 
announced on Thursday by 
Mr James Baker, the Secretary 


of State, would inevitably 
increase pressure on their 
governments to pull them out 
in the face of political and 
press opinion at home. One 
said: “It weighs the scales 
heavily against our staying, 
but it isn’t 100 per cent” 

Amid the speculation. Gen¬ 
eral Dmitri Yazov, the Soviet 
Defence Minister, flew in on a 
previously unannounced visit, 
Jess than three weeks before 
the last of his troops were due 
to leave Afghanistan. 

A Soviet Embassy official 
said that General Yazov was 
meeting President Najibullah, 
but could give no further 
details. 

The visit coincided with a 
sudden burst of activity from 
Afghan government artillery, 
which pounded Mujahidin 
rebel positions in the snow- 
covered mountains around 
the city. 

Die past few days had seen 
little military activity near 
Kabul, despite crisp, dear 
mid-winter weather. 

Western diplomats said that 
the minister had probably 
come to make a final review of 


By Our Foreign Staff 

the withdrawal, which began 
several days ago in giant 
Ilyushin 76 transport planes. 

Some envoys said that the 
final derision whether to stay 
or go would be taken in their 
home capitals. 

Mr Ian Mackley, the British 
Charge d’Affaires, said: “It’s 
another element in a contin- 

Geneva — Having taken “all 
possible precautions”, dele¬ 
gates of the International 
Committee of the Red Cross 
are staying on in Kabul (Alan 
McGregor writes)u The dele¬ 
gation comprises some 40 
foreigners, two-thirds of them 
Swiss. Others are New Zea¬ 
land, Australian and Scandin¬ 
avian doctors and nurses. 

iting saga of consideration and 
consultation.” 

Some embassies are close to 
potential targets in central 
Kabul The US mission is next 
to the radio headquarters, 
while several embassies are 
near the presidential palace. 

But many diplomats are 
concerned for the moment 
about being trapped in the city 


by rebel rocket attacks on the 
airport. Soviet forces are help¬ 
ing to man its defences and fly 
patrolling helicopters. But the 
fear is that alter the Soviet 
withdrawal on February 15, 
the Afghan armed forces 
would not be able to protect it. 

The only road route still 
open is the Salang highway 
north towards the Soviet bor¬ 
der. which passes through high 
mountains where the guerril¬ 
las are strong. 

One diplomat said: “I don’t 
think I am in any danger at all 
from a military situation. But 
the airport is a strategic target 
and will be under attack. The 
Mujahidin have no heavy 
mortals to crater the runway, 
but, they could set off a barrage 
at the planes themselves.” 

Most embassies and aid 
agencies cut their staff last 
August during a period of 
heavy rebel rocket attacks on 
Kabul. The US has some 16 
expatriates, Britain 18. France 
five. Italy six, Turkey and 
Japan four each. 

The United Nations aid 
bodies have steadily reduced 
their numbers from 150, 


including families, last June, 
to about 14, with a further five 
due to go by the end of 
January. 

“As of yesterday, the 
remaining eight or nine are 
staying on,” Mr Ross Moun¬ 
tain, a UN official, said at his 
agency’s sandbagged head¬ 
quarters. “It will depend on 
circumstances.” 

The UN Good Offices Mis¬ 
sion for Afghanistan and Paki¬ 
stan (Ungomap) has 23 
officers and nine support staff 
monitoring the Soviet with¬ 
drawal and alleged incursions 
by the rival Islamabad and 
Kabul governments. 

The International Com¬ 
mittee of the Red Cross has 
some 65 expatriates in Kabul. 
About 20 lay Protestant 
missionaries have left already, 
but another five or six are 
staying on. 

Not all envoys are happy at 
the prospect of a recall One 
French diplomat said: “People 
talk rubbish. It’s beautiful 
weather, there are no rockets, 
it’s very quiet now. Kabul is 
like the French Riviera. I feel 
on vacation here.” 


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Dutch vote to free 
two jailed Nazis 

From Mark Fuller, Amsterdam 


The Dutch Parliament yes¬ 
terday voted in favour of 
releasing two German war 
criminals who have been held 
in a Breda prison for the past 
44 years. 

The 150-seal legislature de¬ 
feated by 85 votes to 55 a 
motion by the opposition 
Labour Party which called on 
the Government to keep the 
two men in jail indefinitely. 
There were 10 abstentions. 

Ferdinand a us der Fuenten, 
aged 79, and Franz Fischer, 
aged 87, were sentenced to life 
imprisonment for their in¬ 
volvement in the arrest, trans¬ 
port and extermination of 


10,000 Dutch Jews during the 
Second World War. 

The Government said fur¬ 
ther imprisonment of the men 
was “senseless and inhuman”. 
It added that the two would be 
deported to West Germany, 
but would not say when. The 
pardon first has to be signed 
formally by the Queen. 

The government plan to 
release the men, which was 
revealed earlier this week, was 
vigorously opposed by many 
people who experienced the 
German occupation. 

One Jewish organization 
described yesterday as “a 
black day for the country”. 

• ■■ 


LaRouche 
jailed for 
15 years 

From Michael Binyon 
Washington 

Lyndon LaRouche, the mav¬ 
erick political extremist, was 
sentenced yesterday to 15 
years' imprisonment for hav¬ 
ing tried to defraud tax collec¬ 
tors and for failing to repay 
more than $30 million (£17 
million) in loans raised from 
his political supporters. 

His chief fundraiser, Wfl- 
lam Wertz, was sentenced to 
five years In prison and an 
Si 1,000 (£6,000) fine, and a 
similar term was imposed on 
Edward Spumous, a legal co¬ 
ordinator for LaRouche- Re¬ 
lated charges against La- 
Sonde, six associates and five 
organizations were dropped. 

LaRouche, a perennial pres¬ 
idential candidate who began 
on the far left and moved to die 
far right, was told by a district 
judge in Alexandria, near 
Washington, that he had been 
convicted ofa “serious crime” 
and described his claim that 
the Government bad pros¬ 
ecuted him out of political 
motives as “arrant nonsense”. 

LaRoocbe's stiff sentence 
was still far less than the 
maximum penalty oa 13 
counts of tax and until fraud 
conspiracy, which could have 
brought him a sentence of 65 
years in prison and a fine of 
&L25 million. 

Before be was sentenced, 
LaRouche fold the judge that 
his case had done “great 
damage to the United States”. 
He demanded a halt to this 
“evil and reckless 
prosecution”. 

LaRouche, whose bizarre 
claims include an assertion 
that the Queen heads an 
international drag smuggling 
conspiracy and that Dr Henry 
Kissinger, the former US Sec¬ 
retary of State, is a communist 
agent, has Jong been rejected 
by most Americans as an 
obsessive fanatic. 

Four LaRouche fand-raisers 
still await sentencing in 
Alexanders. 



WORLD ROUNDUP 


Mitterrand seeks 
truth on trading 

Paris — In a letter to his Prime Minister, M Michel Rocard, 
President Mitterrand yesterday said firmly that be wants 
next week’s report on insider trading try the financial 
watchdog of the Paris Slock Exchange to be made public 
(Susan MacDonald writes). 

But the Commission des Operations de Bourse said it 
would send tp the Finance Ministry its findings on last year's 
share dealings— by people who include two of his old friends 
—as negotiations proceeded fortfaeSI.2 billion takeover by 
the state aluminium concern Pechiney of an American 
packaging company; the decision whether to publish and to 
open a judicial inquiry would be taken by the ministry. M 
Mitterrand's insistence on publication shows he feels that 
die only way to defuse a growing financial and political 
scandal is by demanding the truth. 

Cooper trial query 

Mr Gordon Pine, the British charge d'affaires in Tehran, is 
expected to call on the Iranian Foreign Ministry today to 
seek clarification of a minister’s statement that Mr Roger 
Cooper, the Briton held without trial would be punished 
according to Islamic law (Michael Evans writes). Yesterday 
Mr Ahkunzadeh Basti, Iran’s charge d'affaires in London, 
sought to calm British fears about Mr Cooper, maintaining 
that Iran’s courts were independent of the Government 

Chinese snub to UK 

Hong Kong — In a deliberate diplomatic snub to Britain, 
China has renewed demands that all Vietnamese refugees 
leave before Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule in 1997 
(Jonathan Braude writes). Mr Xi Jiatun, head of the Xinhua 
news agency in Hong Kong, ignored a strong Foreign Office 
protest at similar unhelpful” remarks last week by Mr Li 

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Bush moves fast to exorcise the ghost of the Reagan years 

i has been a _ .... w 


H has been a week of symbolism 
so painted as to puncture with 
aeadly comparisons any lingerine 
presence of Mr Ronald Reagm. 

President Bush, having re¬ 
assured the world with a message 
or continuity and paid generous 
inauguration tribute to his former 
ooss. has been proclaiming vig¬ 
orously that in both style and 
substance the Reagan era is over. 

_ fro 1 " a " energetic working 
schedule that began on his first 
day at 7. ..Oam to his remarks to 
Witte House staff that he expects 
the lights to “bum brightly well 
into the night”, from bis refusal to 
respond to journalists' shouted 
questions at photo-opportunities 
to his impromptu 20-minute jog at 
an army base near by, Mr Bush 
nas been making deliberate state¬ 
ments about himself and the very 
different way that he intends to 


conduct the nation's business. 
Throughout the week he has been 
telling all those who will work for 
him that he will no longer tolerate 
“sleaze”. 

He told 3,700 senior civil 
servants that “the guiding prin¬ 
ciple will be simply to know right 
from wrong; to act in accordance 
with whal is right, and to avoid 
even the appearance of what is 
wrong". It is a cutting contrast 
with Mr Reagan's spirited defence 
of his old. ethically compromised 
crony, Mr Edwin Meese, the 
former Attorney General. 

Even in making these gestures 
Mr Bush demonstrated a different 
attitude to government. Mr 
Reagan frequently mocked the 
bureaucracy, contributing much 
to the decline in civil service 
morale with such jokes as his 
contention that the most frighten¬ 


ing words in English were “I'm 
from- the Government and I'm 
here to help”. 

In his first week, Mr Bush 
appeared in person before the 
maligned civil service to tell it 
"Government service is a noble 
calling and a public trust*.” He 
called public service a valued and 
respected profession in which he 
would like to sec America’s young 
pursuing careers. 

His voice was hoarse as be 
spoke to them. Even this occa¬ 
sioned a contrast with President 
Reagan. The White House an¬ 
nounced that Mr Bush had a cold 
— something the former President 
would never admit, so that aides 
had to blame “allergies" whenever 
he was stuffed up and snuffling. 

Clearly, the Bush routine — 
which will include running bis 
own errands as well as sudden 


forays out into the real world to 
buy ice-cream or go to the cinema 
— is intended to be very different 
from the passive, aloor majesty of 
the past eight years. Mr Reagan 
had a precise regimen, a schedule 
scripted by others, where even off- 
the-cuff remarks were planned for 
the cameras. 

Mr Bush is seeking a humbler, 
more natural style. He intends to 

Washington View 

By Michael Binyon 

live the life that his predecessor 
only talked about. For though Mr 
Reagan spoke of family values, he 

was estranged from his own 
family; in the Bush White House 
there will be grandchildren galore. 

Mr Reagan spoke much of 


religion and school prayer it is Mr 
Bush who attends church. Mr Rea¬ 
gan cultivated the rugged image of 
the cowboy on horseback and told 
sentimental war stories; Mr Bush 
is the decorated war boo. Mr 
Reagan exuded manly bonhomie, 
but had few close friends; Mr Bush 
hasa wide circle of pais and means 
to keep in touch. 

Mr Bush is too much of a 
loyalist to criticize his predecessor 
overtly. But he knows he needs to 
impress his own personality on the 
nation swiftly. For ever since 
President Kennedy's dynamic first 
100 days, a new US President is 
expected to gel off to a fast start. 

Usually he has done so with a 
blitz of domestic initiatives and 
proposals and by renouncing al¬ 
most everything that came before. 
That is not possible this time, as 
the intractable social problems are 


□ot amenable to quick remedies, 
and anyway there is no money. 

Mr Bush's own former role as 
Vice-President means that con¬ 
trast and continuity have to be 
more finely balanced. He has 
demonstrated continuity in his 
Cabinet appointments. But now, 
from his inaugural address on¬ 
wards. be needs contrast in order 
to establish momentum. 

Already one clear difference is 
the “outstretched hand” offered to 
Congress. Instead of the con¬ 
frontation Mr Reagan deliberately 
sought as he swept into office, Mr 
Bush is calling for bipartisan 
government to solve the nation’s 
problems. He invited top Demo¬ 
crats as well as Republicans to his 
first meeting with congressional 
leaders. His “kinder, gentler” 
vision has become a cliche as he 
draws in minorities, political 


opponents, all those who were left 
in the cold in the previous 
Administration. 

He is. of course, making a virtue 
out of necessity. Unlike the 
Reagan era, Mr Bush's party does 
not now control die Senate, nor 
can he ride roughshod over the 
Democrats with a clearly defined 
mandate widely endorsed by the 
voters. But Mr Bush cannot afford 
to let consensus and. conciliation 
look like weakness. 

Hence his challenge in his first 
week, not to Congress, but to the 
ghost of Ronakl Reagan. Only 
when that is exorcised from public 
perception can Mr Bush use the 
office of the presidency, made 
broader and more authoritative by 
his predecessor, to outline those 
things that be wants to do but 
failed to tell the nation about 
during the election campaign. 


Senate confirmation hearings 

Star Wars faces cut 
in budget spending 


Veterans of the Cuba crisis meet in Moscow 


From Michael Binyon, Washington 


Mr John Tower, die Defence 
Secretary-designate, said at his 
confirmation hearings that he 
did not think it would be poss¬ 
ible to build an impregnable 
space shield to protect the 
entire American population 
from nuclear attack, thereby 
distancing himself from Presi¬ 
dent Reagan's concept of the 
Strategic Defence Initiative. 

He also told the Senate 
armed services committee 
that he had been paid over 
$750,000 (£423,000) as a 
consultant for leading defence 
contractors over the past 216 
years, but said this would not 
influence his decisions in his 
new job. 

He said the Bush Admin¬ 
istration was having another 
look at Mr Reagan's request 
for $5.7 billion for SDI re¬ 
search, suggesting that Star 
Wars will be a prime .aigel for 
Pentagon budget cuts. 

He still favoured early 
deployment of the space- 
based defence system, but he 
acknowledged the need to 
retard growth in military 
spending. Mr Reagan's final 
budget envisaged a rise of 50 
per cent in SDI spending. His 
caution and dismissal of the 


Reagan vision of an impen¬ 
etrable space shield — which 
has already been ruled out as 
impossible by scientists — 
suggests the Bush Administra¬ 
tion will undertake a full 
review of space weapons as 
part of its overall look at 
strategy and its reconsider¬ 
ation of US proposals at the 
strategic arms talks with the 
Russians. Mr Tower had for¬ 
merly been an enthusiastic 
supporter of SDI. 

Mr Tower, who was 'rig¬ 
orously criticized before his 
nomination, admitted wryly 
that he had discovered in the 
last two months that he was 
not the most popular man in 
town. Questioning, however, 
was surprisingly gentle in the 
first two days of testimony, 
which continues on Tuesday. 
He is expected to finish next 
week with overwhelming con¬ 
firmation by the Senate. 

The former senator from 
Texas and chairman of the 
armed services committee 
from 1881 to 1984 was asked 
by his former colleagues about 
the idea that he would not be 
able to isolate himself from 
decisions in volring his former 
defence contracting clients. 


He replied that he had always 
acted “within the bounds of 
law and ethics” and was 
prepared to “go beyond what I 
am legally required to do” to 
ensure impartiality. 

■ Figures showed that last 
year alone, Mr Tower earned a 
total of $842,476, with almost 
half the amount coming from 
defence contractors. He re¬ 
peated assurances that be had 
severed all ties with them. 

He said he hoped to cut 
down on the proliferation of 
consulting contracts in the 
Pentagon, such as those be 
enjoyed after leaving the Sen¬ 
ate: He wanted to slow the 
“revolving door” between 
Government and defence 
manufacturers — a link that is 
central to the current Penta¬ 
gon procurement scandal. 

Mr Tower said he strongly 
supported development of 
anti-satellite weapons. He also 
defended the Reagan Admin¬ 
istration concept of a 600-ship 
navy, saying this was the 
“leading edge” of US strength. 
But he acknowledged that 
budget constraints could make 
that goal unattainable. 



Mr Robert McNamara, the 
former US Deftace Secetary, 
right, and Mr Andrei Gro¬ 
myko, the former veteran 
Soviet Foreign Mi nis t e r , re¬ 
calling old times yesterday 
before a conference in Moscow 
on the lessons of the 1962 
Cuban missile crisis, in which 
both men played important 
roles. Looking on, centre, is 
Mr Anatoly Dobrynin, 


Him Soviet Ambassador in 
Washington. Mr Gromyko re¬ 
cently broke his enstomary 
silence to reveal what hap¬ 
pened when he met President 
Kennedy In the White House 
at the height of the row over 
Cuba. One lesson to be learnt 
from that confrontation, he 
said, is that time should be no 
outside interference in a coan- 
try's internal affairs. 


Jackson backs ‘African American’ label 


From Charles Brannex 
New York 

In race and politics, there is much in a 
name. For the first time since the early 
1970s, US blacks are being urged by 
influential leaders to shun that label 
and replace it with a new term; 
“African American”. And just as 
“black” was resisted by traditional 
“Negroes”, so the latest campaign for 
change has run into opposition from 
many members of the race. 

The Rev Jesse Jackson, by far the 
most politically powerful black figure, 
has declared 1989 the year in which 
blacks should drop the designation 
claimed in the late 1960s and join all 
the other ethnic Americans who 
identify themselves with the lands of 
their ancestors. 

“To be called African American has 
cultural integrity” Mr Jackson says. 
“Just as you have Chinese Americans 
who have a sense of roots in China, or 
Europeans, every ethnic group in the 
country has a reference to some land 
base, some historical cultural base.” 

Mr Jackson told African leaders in 


I Aisaiea, the Zambian capital, last 
week; “There is no cultural integrity 
in skin colour. In our history books, 
there is a tremendous denial of the 
tragjc troth of the slave trade... there 
is a grand deletion of our history as 
Americans, a gaping hole in our 
culture.” The new name embodies a 
subtle but important distinction from 
“Afro-American”, implying identi¬ 
fication with an alien and radical 
political culture that some blades tried 
to popularize in the 1970s. 

Mr Jackson says the new term is a 
way of making young blacks feel they 
hail from the mainstream. like other 
groups, such as Polish or Jewish 
Americans. Mr Jackson says Ameri¬ 
can blacks, embittered by what they 
see as a new tide of racism, are angry 
about their current label, and he 
quotes a Chicago Sun-Times survey 
which showed 60 per cent of blacks 
favouring the change. 

For all the efforts of Mr Jackson 
and his supporters to explain the new 
label as a “cultural coining of age”, 
however, many blacks do not like it 
Some white commentators have also 


been expressing their disapproval 
delicately, although many believe Mr 
Jackson's power is such that “black” 
will have acquired a derogatory ring 
by the end of the year. 

Mr Martin Feretz, publisher of the 
New Republic, suggested this week 
that Mr Jackson was distracting 
attention from more urgent imper¬ 
atives. “Moreover, given that illit¬ 
eracy is one of the greatest burdens 
borne by American blacks, I wonder 
why Jackson thinks it wise to canon¬ 
ize a pre-literate culture,” he said. 

His tone was typical of the irritation 
towards the politics of the black 
community that has become wide¬ 
spread and toieraied even among the 
liberal establishment over the past few 
years. A growing consensus holds that 
the black urban community cannot 
continue to blame crippling social and 
economic problems simply on history 
and racial discrimination. 

Many blacks also say they can see 
no reason to drop “black". Mr Charles 
Wright, founder and chairman of the 
Museum of African American History 
in Detroit, said; “We have kids that 


are going to be really out of step with 
the technological developments in the 
country. They are not only un¬ 
employed but unemployable, and we 
should be doing something about that 
right now, instead of worrying about 
what Jesse Jackson says.” 

Other black critics say that Mr 
Jackson’s idea runs counter to a 
striving among the race here to forget 
its African origin. 

The most telling comment on the 
whole argument came from William 
Raspberry, a prominent black col¬ 
umnist who writes for The Wash¬ 
ington Post. He said the change might 
be “a reflection less of logic than of 
despair”. The process that took blacks 
from coloured to Negro to black also 
applied to the transition from crippled 
to handicapped to disabled, he said. 
“After a quarter-century of optimism 
regarding our eventual acceptance 
into tbe American mainstream, we 
sense a turning back of the racial 
clock. That renewed sense of our out- 
sideness may be the real force behind 
the drive to change the name by which 
we are called.” 


Duarte out of step with Washington 

US hails rebel peace offer 


The Bush Administration has 
given a much more favourable 
response than the Govern¬ 
ment here to a radical rebel 
offer made in an attempt to 
end a civil war which has cost 
an estimated 70,000 lives. 

President Duarte of El Sal¬ 
vador, who is dying of cancer, 
on Wednesday dismissed the 
document as “a proposal for 
war not peace,” and called on 
the guerrillas of the Farab- 
undo Marti National Libera¬ 
tion Front (FMLN) to lay 
down their arms. 

But the US State Depart¬ 
ment, when it finally broke 
silence the next day, dis¬ 
agreed. “Any proposal such as 
this is worthy of serious and 
substantive consideration, 
which it is receiving.” the 
State Department spokesman, 
Mr Charles Redman, sard. He 
added that President Duarte's 
comments did not amount to 
a rejection of the plan. 

Another American official 
privately described Senor 
Duarte's comments as “in- 


From Tom Gibb, San Salvador 

appropriate”. He said; “They 
should come up with a 
counter-proposal, but they are 
running out of time.” 

The FMLN itself has played 
down the initial rejection of its 
plan, although it gave a warn¬ 
ing that, if this continued to be 
the case, there would be a 
dramatic escalation of the war, 
in which 70,000 have already 
died. 

“Without this opening,” 
said the FMLN spokesman, 
Senor Salvador Samayoa, 
“there will be a social explo¬ 
sion of great proportions.” 

In the plan, which was 
handed to the Government on 
Monday, the rebels for the 
first time offered to participate 
indirectly in presidential elec¬ 
tions, which they have always 
called a farce, in return for a 
postponement of the poll from 
March to September. 

The rebels dropped long¬ 
standing demands for a share 
of power and an integration of 
the armies, saying they could 
be represented at the polls by 


political allies in El Salvador 
who are already campaigning 
in elections. 

The right-wing .Arena party, 
which is ahead in the polls, 
called the offer a trap designed 
to rob them of electoral 
victory. 

Although negotiations are 
now unlikely, diplomats say 
pressure from the US and 
Europe could yet force the 
Salvadorean Government to 
the table, especially since the 
powerful military has not yet 
commented publicly on the 
rebel plan. The military is 
totally dependent on the 
United States to finance the 
war effort. 

The problem for the Bush 
Administration is that, even if 
the document was only pro¬ 
posed in the knowledge that it 
would be rejected, as some 
diplomats suggest, the extent 
of rebel concessions would 
give them a very strong pos¬ 
ition in a Democrat-domin¬ 
ated Congress which controls 
the purse strings. 


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Moscow (AFP) — Twenty-seven babies in a Soviet hospital 
have been contaminated with the Aids virus, probably through 
use of unsterilized syringes, a daily newspaper reported. 

Mr Valentin Pokrovsky, the head of the Soviet Medical 
Academy and a leading Aids specialist, told Trud that the 
children’s hospital in Elista, the capital of the Kalmyk 
Autonomous Republic in the southern Soviet Union, was 
visibly in the throes of an epidemic caused by infected needles. 
A criminal investigation had been launched, Trud said, blaming 
xbe criminal negligence of hospital workers and nurses. 

Poll violence Turkish blasts 


Dhaka (Renter) — One man 
was killed and more than 100 
people injured in dashes 
brought on by municipal elec¬ 
tion rivalries in Bangladesh 

Benin arrests 

Cotonou (Renter) — Senior 
government officials and for¬ 
mer ministers were among 
people detained in the West 
African state of Benin after 
riots and labour unrest in the 
political capital, Porto Novo. 


Istanbul (Reuter) — Bomb 
blasts hit a US-Turfdsh busi¬ 
ness group and two other of¬ 
fices in seemingly co-ordi¬ 
nated attacks by left-wing 
guerrillas here and in Ankara. 

Zaire talks 

Brussels (AP) — Belgium and 
its former colony, Zaire, will 
meet for a high-level con¬ 
ference to discuss their deteri¬ 
orating relations, the official 
Zairean news agency said. 


Acid spillage Palme move 


Moscow (Reuter) — A Soviet 
goods train was derailed in the 
Volga region, spilling con¬ 
centrated acid but causing no 
injuries, Tass said. 

Name change 

New York (Renter) — Colgate- 
Palmolive is renaming its 
Darkie toothpaste, popular in 
Asia, Dariie, after three years’ 
pressure by shareholders, re¬ 
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Dali premium 

Madrid (Renter) — The first 
sale of a work by Surrealist 
painter Salvador Dali since his 
death on Monday fetched 25 
million pesetas (£74,000), 
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Kilters as young as 10 yeais 
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newest method of carrying out 
assassinations. According to 
an official Senate report 
leaked this week, the Mafia is 
alive and well despite a wave 
of investigations, arrests and 
trials in recent years. 

Sicilian criminal organiza¬ 
tions have merely eliminated 
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“dead branches” — which 
would account for some of the 
298 Mafia murders in 1988 — 
and re-formed into a tighter, 
more secure structure. 

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some activities, such as drug 
peddling and assassinations, 
are termed out to small local 
Mafia groups, many of whom 
use young boys since under 
Italian law they cannot be 
prosecuted before they are 14. 
The report says the standard 
rate for a run-of-the-mill mur¬ 
der is 300.000 lira (£125). 

The report was ordered last 
summer by President Cossiga 
after some investigators in 
Palermo complained that the 
anti-Mafia struggle was losing 
momentum. The publication 
of the report itseff however, 
has already sparked a political 
controversy. 

Senator Claudio VitaJone, a 
member of the Senate Com¬ 
mission that visited Sicily in 
November and spoke 10 mag¬ 
istrates. police and local poli¬ 


ticians, revealed the contents 
of the, first draft of the report 
before its official approval by 
his colleagues, who are an¬ 
gered and have postponed its 
official reading. 

The draft says that “the 
situation discovered in tire 
course of the investigation is 
grave, because of the com¬ 
bined effects of lack of legisla¬ 
tion, lack of men and means, 
and objective errors and de¬ 
lays in the response of the 
authorities. The Mafia has 
consolidated its presence in 
the territory, has become 
stronger, more threatening 
and more daring”. 

So the massive offensive 
launched in the early and mid- 
1980s, mostly on the basis of 
evidence supplied by “repen¬ 
tant" Mafia bosses Tommaso 
Buscetla and Salvatore Con- 
torno, which resulted in huge 
trials with up to 400 defen¬ 
dants, would seem barely to 
have shaken the world's most 
famous criminal organization. 

The picture given by the 
report is of slow inadequate 
investigations, with rivalries 
and suspicions among the 
investigators, and a flexible, 
agile Mafia that is powerful, 
rich, well-connected poli¬ 
tically, ruthless and unencum¬ 
bered by legal constraints. 

A chilling example is the 
ease with which most of Con- 
torao's dose relatives — he is 




Signor Domenico Sica 

6 Hopes are being 
placed on this 
magistrate to tackle 
the corruption 9 

in biding in the US — have 
been killed in a so-called 
“transversal vendetta” since 
he turned state's evidence. 

Contomo warned in a re¬ 
cent television interview that 
the Mafia is firmly entrenched 
in Italian politics, not only in 
Sicily but also nationally. 

Many of the most enterpris¬ 
ing and brave anti-Mafia in¬ 
vestigators have in recent 
years been murdered. Hope is 
now being placed on Signor 
Domenico Sica, a prominent 
anti-terrorism and anti-Mafia 


Don Vito CSanrimino 

6 Faces accusations 
of laundering Sicilian 
drug money through 
Montreal accounts 9 


magistrate who has been made 
High Commissioner with spe¬ 
cial powers to fight against 
organized crime. 

It remains to be seen if he 
will be able to accomplish 
what his predecessors have, to 
a great extent, failed to da 

Meanwhile, the national 
authorities have dosed in for 
the first time on a politician 
with in timat e connections to 
the Sicilian Mafia. Magistrates 
have recommended for prose¬ 
cution Don Vito CSancimino, 
a former Mayor of Palermo 


and an influential member of 
the island’s Christian Demo¬ 
cratic elite. He controlled the 
party in western Sicily from 
the mid-1960s to the early 
1980s and enjoyed a good 
relationship with Christian 
Democratic governments. 

He was placed under house 
arrest in 1984 after Buscetla 
implicated him in organized 
crime. A state prosecutor in 
Palermo, Signor Alberto De 
Pisa, is recommending his 
trial on charges of association 
with die Mafia, corruption 
and illegal export of capital. 

Signor CSancimino started 
in the construction business, 
made his fortune, and then 
turned to politics, serving 
briefly as a party adviser in 
Rome, before returning to 
Palermo as Commissioner for 
the Christian Democrats and 
councillor in charge of public 
works, a profitable post. 

According to Italian aca¬ 
demics studying organized 
crime, the Sicilian building 
sector is either in the hands of 
the Mafia or cowed by it. 
Politicians and city officials 
issue building permits, but 
first tip off Mafia contractors 
who buy up the land cheaply 
and sell dear. Politicians also 
accept poor, but Mafia-spon¬ 
sored, bids for building con¬ 
cessions or they tip off Mafia 
contractors about rival bids. 

Signor Ciancimino's law¬ 
yers say that the bulk of the 
evidence against the former 


mayor relates to relatively 
trivial <**fhflng g control of¬ 
fences. But the Palermo mag¬ 
istrate, Dr De Pisa, makes a 
case for Signor CSancimino as 
a key launderer of Mafia 
money. The investigation, co¬ 
ordinated with Switzerland 
and Canada, shows that sev¬ 
eral milli on Canadian dollars 
— Sicilian drug money — were 
laundered through Montreal 
accounts. One, in the name of 
Signor Oandmino’s two sons, 
had been transferred from a 
Liechtenstein bank. 

Apart from the evidence 
supplied by Buscetta, a crucial 
link came when a wealthy 
stockbroker, Michel Pozza, 
was shot outside his home. 
Pozza, involved with the 
Cotroni clan which runs part 
of the heroin business in 
f had documents de¬ 
tailing CiancimiflO bank ac¬ 
counts. According to the 
indictment, the former may¬ 
or's illicit income in the 1970s 
exceeded £13 million a year. 

The high-level political sup¬ 
port for Signor CSancimino 
collapsed when he became too 
greedy. Mafia specialists, a 
sceptical breed, say that Si¬ 
gnor Ciandmino hay been 
offered as a sacrifice by his 
Christian Democratic col¬ 
leagues, in the hope that the 
case will stifle any further 
investigation into the “Third 
LeveT, the code name for the 
complex relationship between 
politics and organized crime. 


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Mr Brace Moore-Kmg Tithartic coniessron. 

Mr Christopher “kit Baw- a slack Wat 

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and bo aiders of rare* Mfjj* v : oleace to guerrillas as to the 
beletend in f ?*®r white Rhodesians. "H was a 

hah we. They attended Milton ^ike most other 

School in Bulawayo, and l he “We were 

they were not in the same wars, I am not con- 

dass, they would have been of any gnat" 

separated only hyayear- l^ad half of the book 

During Zimbabwe s hbera- ^ stro qgest fed. 

don war, they tooght w «“*■ he says, has 

specialist units of the Rhode- mg- ^ -passionate tone" 
sian security forces. y 0 f the white 

Mr Bawden fa now a ftoptw? w^Sbwean “Rhodies" since 

from the law, living «n South Zracamrew;—-- 

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last year as the man behind O 1 sms waiuipc B 

the bombing of an African fl,2KJ WfllulUg 

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the bombing of an African 
National Congress residence 
in Bulawayo a year ago, and is _ 

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smjshls 

September, 1988. geant^Mr Moore-hong sport 

However, Mr Moore-Kng, ^ Bexl **1^ 
aged 37, has written a book Eoro l^ h So ^^^ ^ 
Et offers the first candid were tough Rhodesmns, we 
portrayal by a Rhodesian war had token on thewrt&ttdwe 
veteran of the horror, boredom CooM “J 

and errors of the conflict. all 5 

The book. White Man, Andy Warhol s 15 minutes of 

Black War, is also an indict- 
meat of many of the “white He 

tribe" of Rhodesians who haunts m Westminster got 
stayed on to become Zimbab- into fights in defence of 
weans, or permanent res- Rhodesia s good race iwa- 
Htents, particularly Mr Ian tions, was arrested for jostling 
Smith, the former Rhodesian a Zimbabwean black naoonal- 
Prime Minister and the tribe’s fat at Hyde Park Corner and 
“high priest". again for trying to put the 

Both Mr Bawden and Mr Rhodesian fteg on top of what 
Moore-King are emotional was then Rhodesia House m 


casualties of the wan the the Strand. 

former, with his convicted He says a gradual change 

co lleag u es , con tinuing from took place when he returned in 

where they left off at indepen- J985, beginning with the 

deuce in 1980, only thfc time shock at a black Zimbabwean* 

on behalf of the South African immigration officer's “Wet- 

Defence Force. But Mr come to Zimbabwe" as be 

Moo re-King, the operations nervously re-entered the conn- 

manager for a Harare in- try with his English wife. 

surance company, is of more Travelling around the couu- 

— ... . .. . — " — try, he appears to have run 

6 I am stil) haring into a reprehensible 

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- -- blacks during the war, and 

sensitive stuff than his framer their continuing politeness and 

schoolmate. rural courtesy. 

“I am still having problems M I felt very strongly that the 

in adjusting to civilian life," white community had thrown 

Mr Moore-Kmg said. “I have away an opportunity. Instead, 

very little respect fra human there is all this whimpering 

life. There are situations when and whining about shortages 

someone annoys are. 1 think I and queues in the post office 

should just take him out. It’s because id the blacks. There fa 

very hard to take shuffling bits -an emotional content to racism 


of paper around seriously." 

The first half of the book is 
of some of his experiences in 
the war in which he served 
with seven different active 
units as infantryman and 
intelligence gatherer. , 

The iaUing of 123 black 
civilians in cross-fire between 
guerrillas and soldiers, the 
accidental killing of a Mack 


that wasn't there before." 

He remembers the adulation 
of seeing “Smithy" at a for¬ 
ward airbase during the war. 
Now he describes Mr Smith, 
“the high priest of our tribe" 
in the rundown “temple" of 
Rhodesian values, wearing 
patched grey robes, and in 
need of a wash and shave. 

Mr MGore-King says Mr 


woman and two children, the Smith, in his repeated detrac- 


torture of a “boss boy" 
spreadeagled on a bedstead 
with electrodes attached to his 


tions of the Government of 
President Mugabe, is “either 
senile ... or he is aware that 


genitals, and the desolation of his actions are to the benefit of 
postwar trauma are described South Africa, putting the lives 


perceptively. Some of his 
observations are often eerily 
evocative. 

He says the incidents are 


and livelihood of the white 
community at risk". 

The new white racism is 
widespread and dangerous, he 


seun-autobfographical. He ei- says, and the old values are 
ther pa rticip a te d in, wit- being passed on to the younger 

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shortly after by his “mockers" 


ge neratio n with the potential 
of further treason by some 


(comrades in arms). He denies whites living in Zimbabwe. 

Zimbabwe wildlife fills 
gap in meat market 


Harare (AFP) — Zimbabwean 
wildlife fanners are preparing 
to supply more game meal to 
help make up for the beef 
shortage facing the country, a 
senior official of the Wildlife 
Producers Association said. 

The association's executive 
officer, Mr John White, said 
more than 37,000 animals of 
several species had been cap¬ 
tured to improve existing 
breeding herds at the farms of 
the 460 members of the associ¬ 
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klipspringer, eland, bushbuck, 
giraffe, waterbuck, sable, ele¬ 
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DIARY 

Simon Barnes 


I return from the United Stales agog to 
mar the plans for the summer tour of 
Cheadle Town of the Bass North West 
.Counties League second division. On June 
19 they leave for Acapulco, Mexico City and 
Guatemala. In recent years Cheadle have 
been all over Europe, the Far East, the US, 

- South America and the Caribbean. They 
. have lost 6-0 to the Cuban national ride 
before a crowd of 25,000, to whom they 
' wen; billed as the only En glish side ever to 
~bave played in Cuba. They have been on 
live televirion in China and Haiti. They 
r. played to a crowd of 65,000 in the Aztec 
stadium in Mexico City (to which they hope 
7to return this suzzzmerj. 

.. They assume the travelling identity of 
Manchester AFC; I believe Clark Kent had a 
. similar technique. Last year they went to 
India , the first British team to play there for 
40 years. They played one of India’s leading 
■ dubs, Mohan Bagan, before a crowd o 
.15,000, and were televised throughout 
India. The next day they were presented to 
■ the prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. Players 
pay their own way, and this year’s trip will 
cost £630 each. The tours are organized by 
the dub chairman, Chris Davies. “I live to 
give players of our standard the chance to 
.play abroad in exotic places,” he says. 


T he woes of Eddie Edwards continue: 
Eddie is no longer Britain's number 
one ski-jumper. He has been sup¬ 
planted by Alan Jones, who out-jumped 
Eddie in the Four Hills competition on New 
.Year’s Day, jumping 61 metres to Eddie's 
58, Since them Eddie has been injured, and 
■ Britain has declined to enter him for the 
World Cup competitions. Jones continues 
to compete in the European Cup, and hopes 
; to make a World Cup event Further bad 
news for Eddie: Simon Mitchell, a former 
1 British decathlon champion, is now jump- 
- ing more than 50m from the 60m hiU, and 
Stuart Wilkie is round the 45m mark. 

• Tom Davis, an Old Graveseodian, has 
just beat presented with a tankard by Che 
: Rugby Writers* Qnb In recognition of his 
■ playing record. Now 64, and in his 46 th year 
as a player, he hopes to carry on to his 50th 
season. To play rugby for one season could 
be regarded as a misfortune... 


L ike “Cosy Moments” (of the unforget¬ 
table book Psmith Journalist) this 
rntnmn cannot be muzzled. Nor, I am 
detighnvi to say, can the Bishop's Stortford 
unofficial supporters' magazine — or 
‘.“fanzine". The publication, Rhodes Review. 
has been banned from the ground, disowned 
by tbe official supporters' dub, and forb/d- 
■ den to display the club badge. The mag is 
what you would expect bubbly, obsessive, 
full of spelling mistakes and bad jokes and a 
hellbent pricker of pomposities. The cause 
of the ban was a couple of paragraphs that 
criticized Harrow Borough, which threat¬ 
ened to report the dub for “bringing the 
game into disrepute". Rhodes Review is now 
dead: long live Cross Rhodes, which will be 
sold — outside the ground — next season, 
and at Sportspages bookshop in London. 
But the club badge will be missing. “We 
were going to change the cover anyway ," 
said David Ryan, the editor. 

BARRY FANTONI 



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- ‘Hello, Pan!? Loved aD yoer 

old songs, especially those by 
Lenin and McCartney’ 

S utton United have their great day 
today when the boys of Gander Green 
Lane travel to Norwich in tbe fourth 
1 round of the FA Cup. You will recall that 
the GM Vauxhall Conference side beat 
Coventry G'ty in the last round. Sutton have 
kept the faith and refused to start behaving 
like half-baked league superstars. Then- 
manager, Barrie Williams, said: “We had an 
agent contact us saying he could make us 
£10,000. but what would we do with it? We 
turned him down. A hypnotist also con¬ 
tacted us to offer to hypnotize the team to 
ensure the players performed their best, but 
■we rejected that too.” The game will be 
shown live in Sweden and Denmark, and 
syndicated to 69 other countries, so, as 
"Williams said, “the name of Sutton will be 
reverberating through the satellites". 


M y postman has been reduced to a 
busk by the number of letters on 
underarm bowling he has brought 
me, and wonderful the reading of them has 
been. Underarm bowling inspires passion. 
John Bentley writes to tell of a game 
between Worthing and the Stoics in 1928 
which surety provides the archetypal under¬ 
arm bowling story. The Worthing captain, 
j.K, Matthews, who also played for Sussex, 
was clobbering everything and had reached 
the 90s. In desperation, tbe Stoics’ captain 
put himself on. His first ball was an 
-enormous underarm lob. Matthews, 
nnam used, stepped away from the wicket. 
The ball descended on to the bails, and tbe 
bowler appealed. Goodnight, Matthews. Mr 
“Bentley concludes: “Fa 1 the rest of the game 
the atmosphere was not very pleasant, and 
the dubs have not played since." 

Michael Meyer writes about an underarm 
quick bowfer. He recalls a letter to the 
Cricketer magazine during the last war from 
an old fellow who recalled his grandfather's 
description of an early I9th century bowler 
nicknamed “Pumphandle”. Mr Meyer 
writes: "He ran up with his arm held behind 
him parallel to the ground, and delivered 
.the ball fast, parallel to the ground, and only 
.an inch or two above it, a kind of airborne 
sneak.” He adds that Pumphandle was so 
jast he sometimes broke bats. 


Pfcjbdelpliia 

According to the old American 
maxim, the Supreme Court fol¬ 
lows the election returns. That 
maxim may now seem to point 
in the direction of making 
abortion illegal in the United 
States — at least in some cases. 

Monday was the anniver¬ 
sary of the Supreme Court’s 
decision in the 1973 case; Roe v 
Wade — the decision that le¬ 
galized abortion by finding 
constitutional protection for a 
woman's right to privacy in the 
area of reproductive choice. 

Anti-abortion demonstrations 
outside the White House on the 
anniversary of the derision be¬ 
came an annual feature of the 
Reagan presidency, with enthu¬ 
siastic encouragement from 
Reagan himself Last Monday — 
President Bush's first working 
day in office — brought out the 
usual “pro-life" demonstrators. 
Bush did not meet them, and he 
talked to them only over a one¬ 
way line. But, to most of them, 
what be had to say must have 
sounded very satisfactory. 

Re-stating “my firm support 
for our cause". Bush went on: “I 
think the Supreme Court de¬ 
cision on Roe v Wade was wrong 
and ought to be overturned. I 
think America needs a human 
life amendment" 


Conor Cruise O’Brien sees choice being returned to the states 


body knows better than George 
Bush that such an amendment is 
politically impossible. 

The US Constitution provides 
(Article V) that an amendment 
to the Constitution can be pro- 


Bush shuffle on abortion Sngres? or^u^n petition of £ 

two-thirds of the states. The ann- 

_—; rtuild never 


Hie Supreme Court will soon 

have an opportunity to decide 
what to do about Roe v Wade. It 
has agreed to review a Missouri 
abortion case, Webster v 
Reproductive Health Services, 
probably in March or April. Few 
people think h likely that it will 
leave the 1973 Roe v Wade 
derision altogether intact. Be¬ 
cause of Reagan appointments, 
the present court is far less 
“liberal" than the 1973 court was 
(although it is still more “libera!" 
than “right to fife" people, and 
other hard-line conservatives, 
would like it to be). 

Tbe present Chief Justice, 
William H. Rehnquist, was a 
member of the court which 
adjudicated in Roe v Wade, and 
he dissented from the majority 
opinion in that case. His dissent 
commands a good deal of respect 
in legal circles, even among 
Lawyers who have little sym¬ 
pathy with the “pro-life" ac¬ 
tivists. Many lawyers think that 


the court’s derision (with certain 
qualifications) that prohibition 
of abortion is a denial of right to 
privacy constituted “legislation” 
rather than int er p r et a tion of the 
Constitution, and was therefore 
an abuse ofthe court's authority. 

The present court seems likely 
to be influenced to some extent 
by that view, by the attitude of 
its own Chief Justice, and no 
doubt also by the attitude of 
President Bush and of his prede¬ 
cessor. So some change is likely. 
But it doesn’t seem likely that 
the wifi satisfy “pro-life" 

expectations, by malting abor¬ 
tion illegal throughout the US. 
Public opinion doesn't want 
that, and the Bush administra¬ 
tion doesn’t seem to want it 
either. Hence that one-way trie- 
phone line. 

Last weekend, the public had 
an intimation of what the new 
administration probably does 
want, in a broadcast interview 
with Dick Thornburgh, Attorney 


General in both-die Reagan and 
tiie present administration. He 
indicated that he would settle for 
a return to the status quo ante 
Roe v Wade, each individual 
stare would decide the matter as 
it wished, with tbe acquiescence 

of the Supreme Court. 

Politically, in terms of tire 
interests of the federal admin¬ 
istration, the Thornburgh sol¬ 
ution is' very attractive. The 
horrible headaches that would 
attend any attempt to implement 
anti-abortion laws would be 
headaches for the states con¬ 
cerned, not for Washington, 
which would get some points — 
not the maximum — from the 
formidable “pro-life” peopte for 
having pointed the way towards 
overturning Roe v Wade. 

But polls show that only about 
15 percent of Americans believe 
that abortion should be “always 
illegal". Around 25 per cent 
believe it should be “always 
legal”, while over 55 per cent 


believe it should be “legal in 
certain circumstances'’. So many 
women would be alarmed, at 
first. But they would calm down 
when they realized that abortion 
remained legal in the United 
States, though not. in certain 
stares thereof For most Ameri¬ 
cans, travelling from one state to 
another is do lag deal. If Penn¬ 
sylvania were to mate abortion 
illegal — as it tried to do in the 
early 1980s — that would not 
cause serious problems for Penn¬ 
sylvanian women as long as 
abortion remained legal in Dela¬ 
ware, New Jersey, or New York 
(as would be likely). . 

It is true that George Bush, 
over that one-way line of his, 
seemed to promise “rigbt-to- 
frfexs” a constitutional amend¬ 
ment making abortion illegal 
throughout the United States, 
when he said: “America needs a 
human life amendment" There 
could be no clearer example of 
anti-abortion hypocrisy. For do- 


iwiruiiivw w* —- 

abortion minority could newer 
command such political muscle- 

The most that « )uJd taPPO* 
would be for some congressman 
from some of the ghastlier 
Southern states to offer such an 
amendment for the rake 
political mileage back home, m 
the certain knowledge that it 
would be heavily defeated. 

The best hope of theanu- 
abortion lobby lies in the Renn- 
quist court. The Supreme Court 
does follow tire election returns, 
if only in the sense that its 
personnel is determined, over 
the years, by elected people. But 
it does not have to follow the 
election returns all that closely. 

My own guess would be that it 
will move a bit away from Roe v 
Wade, but not nearly as much as 
the “right to life" people hope 
and expect And whatever the 
court decides, 1 think that m 
practice, American women who 
want abortions will continue to 
be able to get them. 


Ian Curteis 


Black hopes 



T he derision by the 
International Cricket 
Conference to ban 
cricketers with any 
professional connect¬ 
ion with South Africa from 
playing in Test matches may yet 
boomerang upon those who 
perpetrated h. 

“A crushing Mow to cricketers* 
freedom of choice, for political 
reasons,” says Norris McWhir- 
ter, who is fighting the ban in the 
courts on the grounds of interfer¬ 
ence with contract, restraint of 
trade and intimidation. Others 
believe it is simply an unjustifi¬ 
able attempt politically to dra¬ 
goon a group of people on 
matters they should be allowed 
to decide for themselves. 

Much hypocrisy surrounds the 
sanctions industry, and it is a 
thousand pities that the most 
English of games should be 
sucked into it If the object of 
sanctions, economic, cultural or 
sporting, is to bring pressure to 
bear on countries with bad 
human rights records, why is 
South Africa angled out for 
special punishment? 

Freedom House, the bi-part- 
isan human rights monitoring 
organization in New York, pub¬ 
lishes a thorough and much- 
respected annual survey of 
political and human rights issues 
throughout the world. The cur¬ 
rent report lists 53 countries, all 
members of the United Nations, 
with a worse human rights 
record than South Africa; 28 are 
independent African states. 

I am one of those who believe 
that the punitive, bring-them-to- 
tbeir-knees bludgeoning aim of 
sanctions is counter-productive. 
It is a policy bora of well- 
meaning frustration — “What 


else can we do to help those poor 
people?"—but is actually having 
the opposite effect to that in¬ 
tended. 

There me other ways of speed¬ 
ing the dismantling of apartheid. 
I have an adopted black son, and 
believe that argument, co-opera¬ 
tion and persuasion are the only 
ways to change people. The real 
issue in the ICC ban is not 
abhorrence of apartheid, but 
freedom of the individual to 
decide how best to combat it 

That is why, when the South 
African Broadcasting Corpora¬ 
tion invited me to write a three- 
hour screenplay about Cecil 
Rhodes, I leapt at the chance. 


Fees and royalties are far lower 
t han in Britain — financially, 1 
would do far better to stay at 
home. But the research trip that 
was part of the contract would 
enable me to tour the country 
top to bottom, Soweto to the 
diamond.mines, and see with my 
own eyes what so many people 
become incoherent with rage 
about the misery, the hope, the 
aiifgpri dramatic of the 

last few years, and the persistent 
rumours that tbe whole situation 
is grotesquely misreported over 
here. 

1 rang my union, the Writers' 
Guild of Great Britain. We have 
no South African policy, 1 was 
tokL unlike Equity, the ACTT 

film iprhnifinng* nni nn and the 

other entertainment unions. 
Each member derides these 
things for himself. Twice I went’ 
to the South African embassy 
about my writer’s permit to enter 
(not a visa, they insisted) and 
had to walk the gamut of up to 50 
spitting protestors screaming 
“Murderer?’ 

I picked up all tbe embassy 
propaganda I could find, and 
read the lot I re-read the 
Commonwealth Eminent Per¬ 
sons Report of 1986, emphatic in 
its condemnation of Pretoria. 
But most interesting of all was a 
report in July last year by the 
Washington-based Investor Res¬ 
ponsibility Research Centre. 

A fter analysing all pub¬ 
lic opinion polls con¬ 
ducted among black 
South Africans over 
the last few years, that 
resolutely independent body 
found the results consistent, no 
matter who conducted the poll: 
despite Archbishop Tutu’s best 
efforts to persuade them other¬ 
wise, 76 per cent of black South 
Africans said “no” and continue 
to say “no", to sanctions and 
disinvestment 

It has always seemed to me 
that if you wish to change the 
climate of thinking in a country, 
then to deny that country as 
many liberal and intelligent 
films and television programmes 
as possible is the height of 
lunacy. Television is the most 
powerful moulder of men’s 
minds and opinions since the 
dawn of history. How can non¬ 
communication possibly in¬ 
fluence a country as volatile as 
South Africa has clearly become? 



I watched SABC-tv in hotel 
rooms, seeing nothing to support 
the accusation that it was the 
government’s poodle. Moreover 
the SABC - modelled on the 
BBC — still clearly regards 
programmes as a means of 
communication, not as political 
powerblocks in their own right 
I saw excellent documentaries 
and plays, some with mixed- 
colour casts, which we will never 
see in Britain. For two British 
unions exercise political censor¬ 
ship over South African tele¬ 
vision programmes, denying us 
the choice of seeing them, what¬ 
ever they are about Likewise — 
and most obstructive to tbe 


dismantling of apartheid — 
South Africans may not of¬ 
ficially see ours, though British 
programmes are pirated on a 
wide scale and are on sale at 
every street comer video shop. 

As often as possible I slipped 
away from Cecil Rhodes and tbe 
TV screen to explore South 
Africa as it is today. Two things 
strike the visitor forcibly: how 
fundamental are tire change of 
the last few years, and bo w they 
have come about in spite o£ not 
because ofr sanctions. 

Anyone interested in South 
Africa knows about the changes: 
tbe abolition of the pass laws, of 
job reservation for whites, the 


Commentary ■ Paddy Ross 

Call in the doctors 


The role of consultants has 
figured laige in the discussion on 
the future of tbe NHS. If next 
week’s While Paper proposes 
changes in the way they work it is 
vital that these should not 
damage the morale of a group 
which is already disenchanted by 
underfunding, shortages of sup¬ 
port staff and unwarranted Press 
attacks. 

The doctor-patient relation¬ 
ship is the force which motivates 
doctors, irrespective of the sys¬ 
tem of health care provision 
within which they work. It is 
this, not the form of their 
contract, which leads them to 
irritate managers occasionally by 
treating more patients than 
planned, or demanding more 
resources to fond a new service 
or form of treatment. 

NHS managers and the Gov¬ 
ernment may find this indepen¬ 
dence administratively or polit¬ 
ically inconvenient; the British 
Medical Association believes 
that it will always be in the best 
interests of patients to be treated 
by independent professionals 
who are not afraid to speak out 
in patients' interests. 

Under the existing arrange¬ 
ments most consultants hold a 
full-time or maximum part-time 
contract with an NHS employing 
authority. Both types of contract 
require the consultant to devote 
substantially the whole of his or 
her professional lime to NHS 
duties. A contract does not lay 
down a specific number of hours 
per week, but breaks down the 
week into JO “notional half 
days” into which an agreed 
schedule of duties is fitted. Some 
duties arc fixed, such as out¬ 


patient dinks, operating ses¬ 
sions and ward rounds; others, 
such as teaching, research and 
administration, are fitted in 
more flexibly. 

Much has. quite rightly, been 
heard about the long hours 
junior doctors work, but it is 
often overlooked that consul¬ 
tants must be available at all 
times. In the acute specialities, 
consultants return to the hos¬ 
pital at the end of anybody rise’s 
working day or during the night 
to operate on or see patients. 
They also participate in an “on 
call" rota with other consultants 
in their speciality, typically one 
night or one weekend in three or 
four, for emergency work, 
including the admission of new 
patients. They are also con¬ 
stantly on call to assist at 
emergencies such as train or air 
disasters. 

The profession recognizes that 
health authorities are folly en¬ 
titled to hold consultants 
accountable for work they have 
contracted to do. Furthermore, 
we are aware that a combination 
of a more questioning, con¬ 
sumer-orientated society, a more 
positive management style and 
political expedients have created 
a need for more risible methods 
of ensuring quality of service and 
professional performance. 

Tbe method by which this is 
achieved will be critical to the 
success of the Government’s 
strategy for the NHS. It will be 
disastrous if the Government 
disregards tbe professional mo¬ 
tivations of consultants and 
imposes external management 
controls to regulate their work. 

Local NHS managers arc often 


relatively junior. Poor informa¬ 
tion systems do not provide 
them with accurate data from 
which to draw sensible conclu¬ 
sions about workload. As a 
result, where they have tried to 
enforce compliance with nar¬ 
rowly drawn contractual require¬ 
ments, this has served only to 
alienate consultants. Tbe danger 
is that consultants would even¬ 
tually reduce their commitment 
to the NHS to the minimum and 
turn to the private sector for 
professional satisfaction. 

A much more positive option 
is for the Government, tbe 
profession and managers to work 
together to find better ways of 
harnessing consultants' own pro¬ 
fessional values to ensure a 
continuing improvement in 
standards. 

A number of promising initia¬ 
tives along these lines are being 
developed. Tbe Resource Man¬ 
agement Initiative aims to pro¬ 
vide clinicians with accurate 
clinical and financial data about 
their practice compared with 
colleagues in tbe same hospital 
or district. With proper invest¬ 
ment in information technology 
it will enable consultants to 
improve their use of resources 
and draw them into managerial 
decisions. 

Clinical directorates, devel¬ 
oped in conjunction with such 
resource management initiatives 
at Guy's Hospital and elsewhere, 
could well provide a manage¬ 
ment structure which would 
make consultants responsible 
not just for their own workload 
but corporately for the planning 
and execution of the workload of 
a whole department or speci¬ 


ality. and for monitoring clinical 
performance. 

As far as discipline is con¬ 
cerned, we are aware that, as in 
any other professional field, 
there arc consultants who let 
down their NHS patients by not 
fulfilling their contracts. We do 
not accept that the problem 
stems from a weakness in the 
form of tbe consultant contract 
itself, but rather from failure to 
take firm management action to 
enforce xl 

The BMA condemns this 
small minority of consultants 
who let the side down, and will 
support action by health authori¬ 
ties to bring them back into line. 
Indeed, two years ago we put 
forward a scheme to tbe Depart¬ 
ment of Health which would 
provide local mechanisms to 
enable the profession to work 
with health authorities in dealing 
with failure to fulfil contractual 
commitments. Despite repealed 
requests the Government has 
not yet taken a decision on 
whether to- implement the 
scheme. 

The Government well knows 
that the NHS gets extremely 
good value for money out of its 
consultants under the present 
arrangements, and we hope that 
it will not take political measures 
which might compromise con¬ 
sultants’ professional indepen¬ 
dence. It is precisely that 
independence which guarantees 
the public the quality of care and 
cost effectiveness that it gets 
from the NHS hospital service. 
The author is chairman of the 
BMA Central Committee for 
Hospital Medical Services and a 
consultant surgeon. 


creation of vast city “grey areas” 
where all races live together 
(55,000 blades now live perma¬ 
nently in “white areas” in 
Johannesburg alone), the aboli¬ 
tion ofthe Mixed Marriages Act, 
the mushrooming of black- 
owned housing and blade-owned 
bu s in es s, ■ no queueing at dif¬ 
ferent counters, desegregated 
theatres and cinemas and 
segregation fast being phased out 
in trains and buses. 

T he major powerhouse 
behind these revolu¬ 
tionary changes is a 
vast and unique 
organization called the 
Urban Foundation, which came 
into bring in the wake of the 
appalling 1976 riots. Harry 
Oppenheuner and Anton Ru¬ 
pert, two ofthe country’s leading 
businessmen, convened a meet¬ 
ing of all shades of politics and 
colour. Out of this emerged the 
Urban Foundation, funded by 
industry tbe world over, wholly 
free-enterprise and non-politicaL 
It is not a charity. It invests 
seed-money, expertise, encour¬ 
agement and advice to help solve 
tbe problems of black housing, 
jobs and education; but every 
black has to stand on his own 
two feet. 

. Ten years ago, the foundation 
lobbied Pretoria and achieved 
the enormous breakthrough of 
the right of blacks to own 
property on a 99-year lease — 
thus also providing security on 
which a bank will fend to start a 
business. A housing applicant 
can choose a site, have a 
mortgage arranged by the UF 
(loans totalled £240 million to 
black clients last year), and the 
foundation also lays on water, 
electricity and sewage, and buys 
building materials. The client, 
alone orwith friends, then builds 
his own house. 

The result is triumphant: hun¬ 
dreds of thousands of sound, 
owner-occupied houses have 
been built. Blade pride soars. 

One morning I was driven 
round Soweto by an amiable 
Mack grandfather, Mike Rantho, 
a graduate of the London School 
of Economics. He showed me 
street after street of UF-fimded 
houses and look me to the 
industrial estates dose by, where 
hundreds of small industries 
have sprung up over the last five 
years, all owned and nm by 


blacks. This has been repeated 
many tim es elsewhere and bred 
similar bodies, all dependent on 
the health of the national econ¬ 
omy. One of them alone created 
143,000 new jobs for blacks last 
year. 

The ugliest things by for I saw 
in Soweto were the results of 
disinvestment. Prominent on a 
street corner in Johannesburg, 1 
had seen the screwholes and 
outline of “Barclays Bank". It 
pulled out three years ago, to be 
replaced by another bank as if 
nothing had happened. 

Except, that is, in one respect. 
All the big international com¬ 
panies in South Africa have their 
welfare and medical projects; 
they are not mere window- 
dressing, but exist on a. vast 
scafe Ifthey pull out, such places 
simply dose down and the 
poverty and disease they were 
helping to overcome boil up 
again. Their large investments in 
the UF are cut off! 

It shook me profoundly to see 
those closed dinks. Sanctions 
themselves, when seen here on 
the ground, lower white incomes 
by 5 per cent but are tbe 
deathblow to ihe burgeoning 
Mack economy that is the salva¬ 
tion of 85 per cent of the 
population. Disinvestment, or 
the imposition of any form of 
sanctions, as surrender to pres¬ 
sure 6,000 miles away, can only 
undermine these remarkable and 
significant achievements. 

I adopted nay black son when 
he was one year old. He is now 
20, and proud to be in the RAF. 
He was brought up sideby-side 
with my white son, who is two 
yean older. I love them both, but 
I love them differently. It was 
not easy. Difficulties and ten¬ 
sions, sometimes very great, 
came from within as well as 
outside the family. We were at 
times more a coalition than a 
united party. But we won 
through. 

South Africa’s immediate 
future must lie in coalition and 
co-operation. It is fast emerging 
from its long nightmare and 
needs our help, not our hatred. I, 
for one, intend to give it. While 1 
understand the cricketing rea¬ 
sons for the ICC decision, it is 
tragic, and will be counter¬ 
productive. 

©TtaesNewap^ms, 1969 

The author is a television play¬ 
wright and screenwriter. 


JAN 28 


ON THIS DAY 


1907 


The creation of the Territorial 
Army prompted time boo letter*, 
among others, each with its oum 
point of emphasis. Arnold-Foster 
had been Secretary for War in 
the previous administration. 


THE JUDGES AND 
INNS OF COURT 
VOLUNTEERS 

The following letter, addressed 
to barristers mid students at law 
and signed by the Lord Chan¬ 
cellor, tbe Lord Chief JiBtice, the 
Master of the Rolls and Judges 
who have served in the corps, 
with the Treasurers of the four 
Inns of Court, appears in a 
pa mp hl et issued by the 14th 
Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifles 
Volunteers— 

“The imminence of the 
changes in the constitution of his 
Majesty’s military forces which 
will be effected under the Terri¬ 
torial and Reserve Forces Art, 
1907, renders it at the present 
moment specially innirahmif-- on 
those who enjoy the advantages 
of superior education and pos¬ 
ition to set an example to those 
not similarly favoured fay loyally 
and promptly responding to the 
appeal made to the country to 
furnish a more highly organised 
force for defence than It lira 
hitherto provided. 

Tbe great number of the 
Judges, the Queen’s and King's 
counsel, and barristers in large 
practice who have served in the 
Inns of Court Volunteer Rifle 
Corps affords sufficient proof 
that such service has not been 
incompatible with the perfor¬ 
mance of the duties of their 


Herbert H. Cozens-Haidy, etc. 
(The Territorial Amty) 


To the Editor of The Times 
Sir, 

After two years’ ardent speech 
ma kin g we have got rid of over 
22,000 Regular soldiers, have 
destroyed the Militia, and have 
decided to call the Volunteers by 
another name. We have been in¬ 
formed many times fay the highest 
authority that, as a result of these 
reforms, the country is much 
better prepared for war than it 
was. It is of course obvious that 

the mere feet of getting rid of 500 
officers, one thousand non-com¬ 
missioned officers and 22,000 
men of tbe Regular army has not 
in it aelf added greatly to our 
strength. The wiping out of 23 
battalions of Militia, the sup¬ 
pression of all the field officers of 

that ancient force, and its trans¬ 
formation into a number of 
depots has not made us invin¬ 
cible- It is evident, therefore, that 

it is the change in the name of the 

Volunteers — in other words the 
creation of the Territorial Armv 
— which has not only com¬ 
pensated for tiie reduction ofthe 
other branches ofthe Army, but 
which has justified all the fine 
language we have heard with 

regard to the great increase in our 

available military strength. 

Lord Roberts tells us point- 
blank that if the Territorial 
Army really has to fight it must 
outnumber the enemy by “four to 
one.” This is in accordance with 
the belief of every War Office in 
the world except our own War 
Office since the end of 1905. 

Sir John French, who is also 
officer of much experi ence , u 
us that one Volunteer was woj 
two conscripts. He now tells 
that though “he will not say 
one Volunteer soldier is 
tiro conscripts, he wou. 
rather have a lesser num’ 
Volunteers than a great*/ 
ber of conscripts." 

Your obedient 

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INTO THE FORTRESS 


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 


w ?, ulldozers “e.by no means yet about 
{?,*!** de ? nn S n a British site for Toyota's 
European plant But the news that the world's 
^ird largest car manufacturer has selected 
“£■*» for its feasibility studies trn- 
doubtediy puts this country ahead of Belgium 
and Spam, the two main competitors for 

Pni°*L S , p Jf“J ned . £600ra investment in a 
European production centre. 

The Coverament has given the news an 

A ^ decision, per¬ 
haps by the end ofthis year, in Britain’s favour 
would create 3,000 jobs in either Wales, the 

carsla year”^ Humberside » producing 200,000 

Obstacles remain to be overcome. The first, 
which applies equally to Britain’s competitors, 
is the European Commission’s rule, in¬ 
troduced this month, requiring governments to 
submit oners of state aid worth more than £8m 
' European Commission for approval. 

The Government is unlikely to be able to offer 
Toyota anything like the £125m contributed to 
Nissan’s venture. 

The second is a British question. A. 
repetition of the inter-union row which led 
Ford to abandon its plans to build a plant in 
Dundee cannot be ruled out, although the 
Amalgamated Engineering Union has already 
promised to meet Toyota’s terms. British 
unions need to demonstrate this time that they 
; put new jobs before old rivalries. 

Toyota is likely, in addition, to be sharply 
assailed by the European car manufacturers’ 

, lobby, which already regards Nissan as a 
, “Trojan Horse” and insists that there is excess 
production capacity in the Community. Since 
Western Europe overtook the United Slates in 
1987 as the world’s biggest single car market, 

; this suggests special pleading by uncompetitive 
; car-makers. The best report difficulties in 
meeting demand. 

But this hostility has prompted some 
Japanese car manufacturers to consider 
spreading their investment, now concentrated 
in Britain, as broadly as possible through the 
; Community as a form of insurance policy 
against inter-European rivalries. IfToyota goes 
ahead, Japanese cars will account for more 
. than one third of total British production. It 
. will undoubtedly put competitive pressure on 
some existing domestic producers. 

As British unions have begun to understand, 
this is more a benefit than a burden. Japanese 
manufacturing, management methods and 
servicing facilities can contribute just as much 
as Ford and Vauxhall before them to 
rebuilding a thriving British motor industry. 
Toyota’s stated policy is to “strengthen the 
competitiveness” of domestic manufacturing. 

Mrs Thatcher's recognition of the virtues of 
a multinational manufacturing base, resulting 


in a conspicuously hospitable climate for 
foreign direct investment, has undoubtedly 
contributed to Toyota’s decision to undertake 
detailed studies hare. Japan has invested more 
heavily here than in any other EC country. 

At some £4bn, the cumulative total is more 
than three times that invested in West 
Germany, five times the amount spent in 
France. The rate of investment has accelerated 
dramatically under this Government, from 
just over £l00m in 1980 to nearly £1.5bn in 
1987. 

But in global terms, Europe lags as host to 
what has sometimes been called Japan’s “wall 
of money” looking for a productive foreign 
home. It has attracted only 15 per cent of 
Japanese investment in manufacturing plant 
overseas. In vehicle production, of which more 
than a fifth of Japan’s is now located abroad, 
the EC has 2 per cent to the United States' 11 
percent 

The reasons are not far to seek. The 
European Commission’s application of anti¬ 
dumping "penalties to Japanese factories, 
contemptuously dubbed “screwdriver plants”, 
is currently being challenged by Japan at the 
GATT. 

European governments complain that the 
quality of Japanese investment is low, that the 
plants it builds in the Community are no more 
than assembly-lines for Japanese products, 
adding little local value and still enabling 
Japan to circumvent import barriers. They are 
still at loggerheads over the level of “local 
content” required before overseas companies 
are treated as European, able to trade freely 
within the Community. 

France’s decision last year, vigorously 
contested by Lord Young; to treat Nissan 
Bluebirds built in Tyne and Wear as Japanese 
cars subject to its import quotas, was a nakedly 
protectionist attempt to exploit the absence of 
an agreed definition. From Toyota's view¬ 
point, however, the risks of setting up in 
Europe have clearly been outweighed by the 
risks of staying out 

The company’s evident anxiety to start 
production before completion of the Single 
Market is related to pressure by European 
manufacturers for a restrictive Europe-wide 
quota on Japanese cars. It wants to fix 1992’s 
imports at 15 per cent below today’s levels and 
peg growth to European penetration of the 
Japanese market 

Britain should resist such pressures as firmly 
as it has the whole concept of “Fortress 
Europe”. The fears this possibility arouses may 
ironically have contributed to Toyota’s enthu¬ 
siasm to manufacture in the Community. But 
Britain's insistence on a Community open to 
the world adds to its attractions as a centre for 
foreign investment 


Kidneys for sale Mackay proposals for law reform 
as private issue 


From Professor Emeritus Hoyden 
Harrison 

Sir, What possible objection can 
there be if one person, of their own 
free mil and without duress, 
should sell their kidney to some¬ 
one else? Nor is there any wrong 
done by the middle man who 
makes a profit out of this trans¬ 
action. The seller is able to indulge 
in a few of the good things in life. 
The buyer may weD be paying to 
survive. 

Those who believe in the free 
market can hardly condemn the 
bargain. The excellent clothing, 
electrical goods and motor cars 
which we procure from the Far 
East are so affordable because 
neither a grandmotherly state or 
trade union nor a Western philan¬ 
thropist is encouraged to get be¬ 
tween the capitalist and the lab¬ 
ourer in South Korea or Taiwan. 

In tolerating a high level of 
unemployment, in introducing 
tough laws to discipline the trade 
unions, in removing wages coun¬ 
cils and making life hard for the 
scroungers looking for social sec¬ 
urity benefits, the Prime Minister 
has shown that die fully appre¬ 
ciates this logic. It is not logic, but 
vestigial religious prejudice and 
taboo which are getting in the way 
of understanding. 

Yours faithfully, 

ROYDEN HARRISON, 

4 Wilton Place, 

Sheffield 10, West Yorkshire. 
January 23. 


Kew price increase 

From Mr Basil Keys 
Sir, Is It all part of Mr Lawson’s 
strategy to control public spend¬ 
ing? The price of admission to 
Kew Gardens has gone up 100 per 
cent from 5 Op to £1 as from Jan¬ 
uary 1. Or is this another example 
of the Government’s intention to 
sell off our national assets whoa 
they become profitable? 

Yours etc., 

BASIL KEYS, 

8 Sydney House, 

Woodstock Road, 

Chiswick W4. 


THE KIDNEY TRADE 


Allegations over the sale of human kidneys 
. have so far prompted a local health authority 
. investigation. They raise issues, however, 
. which are of national and international 

• importance. 

The transplantation of human organs, 
kidneys in particular, is among the great 
medical advances of our time. Kidney trans¬ 
plant operations have moved from the 
. experimental to the commonplace in two 

• decades. 

Last year 1,612 such operations were carried 
out in this country alone, often saving the lives 

- of those who were concerned. They would be 
still more commonplace were more organs 

_ readily available to surgeons. The difficulty of 
1 finding suitable donors is a restriction which 

• must be frustrating for doctors — and the 
patients who desperately seek their help. There 

' is a current waiting list of 3,700. 

As other branches of transplant surgery 
advance, this frustration is likely to increase. 
The use of donor cards is growing. It has been 
-estimated that Britain needs to double the 
number of donors. 

- Nothing, however, can justify allowing the 
payment of donors and a consequent market jn 
organs for transplant. The case of Mr Colin 
Benton, revealed in The Times yesterday, 
shows the repugnant business deals that could 
be repeated in large numbers were the practice 
not to be outlawed with all possible force. 

It is, indeed, already quite strongly resisted— 
both by the medical profession and the 
Department of Health. The junior health 
minister, Mr Roger Freemen, described the 
practice a week ago as “abhorrent, improper 
and unacceptable” and such sentiments are 
largely reflected by the General Medical 
Council (GMQ, the British Medical Associ¬ 


ation (BMA) and the British Transplantation 
Society. 

The 1985 annual report of the GMC, whose 
responsibilities include professional discipline, 
said: “... it is unethical and improper for a 
registered medical practitioner, wittingly or 
unwittingly, to encourage or take part in any 
way in the development of such trafficking in 
the sale of human organs and that accordingly 
no surgeon should undertake the transplanta¬ 
tion of a non-regenerative organ from a living 
donor without first making due inquiry to 
establish beyond all reasonable doubt that the 
donor’s consent has not been given as a result 
of any form of undue influence.” 

That can have left few doctors in any doubt 
as to the official attitude of the profession. A 
Council of Europe resolution is no less 
unequivocal in condemning the practice while 
the United States works through a similar code 
of practice. The Turkish authorities have 
moved swiftly in response to the latest batch of 
allegations. 

What is lacking, in this country anyway, is a 
clear and specific guideline which prescribes 
the action to be taken in the case of an offence. 
In theory, a hospital could lose its licence — 
though to close it down so completely might 
seem counter-productive. The GMC could 
presumably summon a doctor to appear before 
its disciplinary committee. Expulsion from the 
British Transplantation Society would not 
prevent the doctor concerned from continuing 
in practice. 

Fewer than one in 10 kidney operations 
involve a living donor. None the less the 
tightest regulations are clearly needed. How- 1 1 
ever one tries to rationalize the practice, it is 
exploitation of a kind which most people find 
unacceptable. It must never be accepted. 


ANGELIC GUESTS 


The arrival of four “Guardian Angels” from 
New York has awakened natural British 
suspicions of American vigilantes. There is the 
fear that their red berets might provoke 
violence rather than curb it There are doubts 
about their internal discipline and about the 
growth of other, perhaps less scrupulous* 
organizations. There are questions about 
whether the Angels - whatever the training 
they receive in unarmed combat — would ever 
be available in enough numbers to tackle the 
thugs who ride the trains. _ . 

They have, however, anived at a time of 
growing alarm over attacks on the London 
Underground. Concern was heightened last 
month by three particularly unpleasant mur¬ 
ders. The number of robbenes also rose last 
£r - with 1,143 in the first! 1 months, 
against 828 during the same penod tn 1987. 

Criticism has sprung largely from Whitehall, 
from London Transport and from Parliament 
It has been much less evident among the 
general public - many of whom appear to find 
the idea reassuring. Their confidence may be 
mknlaced and they may not be fijlJy alive to 
the ?atent| dangers/sut Whitehall should take 

n °Some of the comments by MPs have made 
.ufZgels sound more dangerous than the 
■jjufre. To hold the four Amencansat Gatwick 
Srt for the best part of a day before letting 
Ithemtato this country seemed excessive. 


They might even claim some indirect 
responsibility for this week’s decision to 
increase the number of policemen on the 
Underground. Last month it was announced 
that 50 new recruits are to be found for the 
British Transport Police’s “L” Division (which 
patrols the London Underground), to bring the 
establishment up to 400. Now the Ministry of 
Transport has decided that 80 policemen from 
the CSty and Metropolitan forces should be 
seconded to the division temporarily to fill the 
gap until the new officers have been trained. 
Meanwhile special constables are to be 
encouraged to join British Transport Police. 

This is the right way to proceed. Men and 
women recruited under the checks and 
disciplines of a property constituted police 
force are a more reassuring answer to the crime 
rate than the growth of private Angels — 
however well meaning. 

One wonders, however, whether these latest 
measures would have been introduced without 
this new manifestation of public worry. The 
image of the London Underground is still 
much better than that of the New York 
subway. The majority of people who commute 
to work on it every day, who go shopping or 
visit the West End late at night, do so without 
being robbed or even threatened. But the point 
has been reached at which no further decline in 
law and order should be tolerated 


Business schools 

From Mr Sydney Howell 
Sir, Sir Douglas Hague (report, 
early editions, January 13) urges 
British business schools to unite 
apainstthe European challenge — 
rightly so—but he understates the 
achievement and standing of the 
British schools. The merger of IMI 
(International management in¬ 
stitute) and 1MEDE (International 
management development in¬ 
stitute) in Switzerland may have 
been driven as much by grand 
strategy as by simple financial 
embarrassment — the latter not 
shared by UK schools ~ and their 
combined faculty remains within 
striking distance of the larger UK 
schools. 

In the free market Sir Douglas’s 
advice is partly implements! al¬ 
ready. A company exists, called 
Management Development Asso¬ 
ciates, which unites groups from 
several leading UK schools, and 
tenders for business which for 
scale or other reasons does not 
tempt their parent schools. 

But combinations within the 
UK can only be a minor pan of the 
answer. Today the frontier of 
British business education is no 
longer the English Channel, or 
even the Rhine. All leading UK 
schools are pursuing relationships 
with Europe and beyond to the US 
and the Pacific rim. 

Yours sincerely, 

SYDNEY HOWELL, 

Manchester Business'School, 
Booth Street West, 

Manchester 15. 

January 16. 

Symbol of deafness 

From Mr Rowland D. George 
Sir, Chn anyone suggest a symbol 
of deafness equivalent to a Mind 
person’s white stick? Country 
walking is a pleasure still left open 
to a deaf person, but its joy is 
greatly diminished by the shock of 
a fast car overtaking the walker in 
a narrow lane, whoa its approach 
has not been heard. The situation 
becomes truly dangerous when 
cars from each direction converge 
on the pedestrian at the same 
moment. 

It would at least be some 
comfort to the deaf person to feel 
that drivers could be aware of his 
or her disability. 

Yours etc., 

ROWLAND D. GEORGE, 
Pythouse, 

Tisbury, Wiltshire. 

January 23. 


From Mr Francis Beamon 
Sir, Lord Hailsham’s strictures on 
Lord Mackay's Green Paper 
(“Wrong way to law reform”, 
January 26) would cany more 
weight if he were not so com¬ 
placent about the way the Bar 
operates today. I speak as a 
banister of 38 years’standing who 
practised at the Bar in the 1950s 
and again in the 1980$. 

In between I saw the operation 
of the Bar from many other 
viewpoints, inducting those of 
Oxford don. Civil Servant, par¬ 
liamentary draftsman, constitu¬ 
tional adviser, and secretary of a 
professional institute. There is a 
great deal wrong with it, despite 
heroic efforts to rectify the defects 
by some leading barristers. 

The chambers system is disor¬ 
ganised and inefficient. The insis¬ 
tence that each banister is an indi¬ 
vidual, and the inadequacy of 
chambers’ administrative arrange, 
ments, hamper performance. 
Clerks - demands that successful 
banisters take all the work offered 
them lead to onerous workloads 
and detract from performance. 

Choice of banister is often non¬ 
existent, because a solicitors’ firm 
keeps briefing the same chambers, 
takes the clerics’ advice on coun¬ 
sel, and often finds it has got 
someone else on the day. Delays 
are extreme. 

There are not enough chambers 
to house all who wish to practise. 
The method of selecting tenants is 
capricious and often unfair. The 
policy of some chambers is to 
select tenants solely from former 
pupils of the chambers, a sure 
recipe for inbreeding and blink¬ 
ered vision. Others veto ap¬ 
plicants without giving them a 
chance to be heard. Sex or race 
discrimination in choice of ten¬ 
ants is not unknown. 

The result, as put in an article by 
a Queen's Counsel in a recent 
issue of Counsel, is that in 
choosing new members of cham¬ 
bers the Bar “is awarding a limited 
number of highly-prized licences 
to start a career as a banister”. 

This is wrong in principle, and 
does not apply in any other 
profession. The true licence to 
practise is obtained by the grant of 
the professional qualification. No 
one who is thus qualified should 
be prevented by the chambers 
system from carrying on his or her 
profession. 

If only on these grounds, and 
there are many others, radical 
reform of the Bar is urgently 
required. Ear from being, as Lord 
Hailsham says, “ill-timed” I re¬ 
gard Lord Mhckay’s proposals as 
long overdue: 

Yours faithfully, 

FRANCIS BENNION, 

62 Thames Street, 

Oxford. 

January 26. 

From Sir John Palmer 
Sir, Those who feel that change 
always improves should recall our 
legal system has long been the 
envy of otbera. It encourages 
expertise in both branches of the 
profession. It has provided the 
world’s best advocates and best 
judges. It has provided, not only in 
the City and in the provinces, the 
best commercial lawyers but also a 
body of solicitors throughout the 
country who are dedicated to the 
interests of their clients. 

Let us not be persuaded against 
our better judgement to change 
something that has worked so wdL 
Yours faithfully, 

JOHN PALMER, 

Be van Ashford (Solicitors), 

Gotham House, Tiverton, Devon. 


From the Lord Chancellor 
Sir, I would like to correct the 
impression, which seems to be 
gaining ground, that it is proposed 
in the Green Paper on the Work 
and Organisation of the Legal 
Profession that the Government 
or the advisory com mi nee should 
issue advocacy certificates to in¬ 
dividual advocates. Barbara 
Amid suggests this in her article. 

Paragraph 5.16 of the Green 
Paper makes it plain that the 
Government envisages that ad¬ 
vocacy certificates would be is¬ 
sued and, where appropriate, 
varied, suspended, or revoked by 
the relevant supervisory pro¬ 
fessional bodies, for example the 
Bar and the Law Society. 

This also meets the point made 
by Lord Scarman, who is quoted 
by Frances Gibb as suggesting that 
there ought to be a role for the 
professional bodies. The Govern¬ 
ment envisages that there cer¬ 
tainly should be such a role. 

Yours sincerely, 

MACKAY of CLASHFERN, 
House of Lords. 

From Mr Patrick Heren 
Sir, Surely the Lord Chancellor 
deserves a medal for valour. To 
see through a dispute with the 
elders of the Kirk is one thing; but 
then to go up against the might of 
the English Bar requires un¬ 
common bravery. 

Yours eux, 

PATRICK HEREN, 

6 Heath Hum Road, NW3. 

From Mr Philip Shepherd 
Sir, The Lord Chancellor could do 
worse than look to New Zealand to 
see what will happen here if the 
Green Paper becomes law. Their sys¬ 
tem was formerly identical to ours. 

The feci is that the Bar has 
ceased to exist in Wellington, the 
legal capital, and everywhere else 
except for a small number still 
practising independently in Auck¬ 
land. The remainder were mostly 
absorbed by the biggest firms. 

The result: small firms have to 
instruct advocates in the large 
firms to appear for their clients in 
all complex cases; consumer 
choice has been enormously re¬ 
duced; costs have increased, with 
the continued growth of the largest 
firms at the expense of the small 
One Is left to wonder exactly who 
will benefit from the proposals. 
Yours sincerely, 

PHILIP SHEPHERD, 

1 Harcourt Buildings, 

Temple, EC4. 

From Mr M-B. Rival/and 
Sir, The Green Paper aims to give 
clients “the widest possible choice 
of cost-effective services” (my 
italics). Today, I appeared in court 
to do a simple possession action. 
My brief fee was £65. 

A solicitor appeared in the case 
in front of me, in an unopposed 
possession action. He informed 
the court that he would be billing 
his chart £300 plus VAT. 

There were reasons why his fee 
should have been a little higher 
than mine; but what makes any¬ 
one think our so-called monopoly 
is not cost-effective? 

Yours eta, 

M-E. RIVALLAND, 

114 Motspar Park, 

New Malden, Surrey. 

January 26. 

From Mr Edmund Lawson, QC 
Sir, Picture the scene a few years 
hence: 

“Grandpa, what job did you do?” 

“1 was a banister.” “What was a 
barrister, grandpa?” 

Yours pessimistically, 

EDMUND LAWSON, 

4 Paper Buildings, 

Temple, EC4. 


Colour blind 

From Mr J. D. Porter 
Sir, In addition to the traps for the 
colour blind mentioned by Mr 
Mills (January 17), in cricket (save 
in special circumstances) we per¬ 
sist in playing with a red ball on a 
green field. 

For many years I was unaware 
that I was red/green colour-blind 
and, as a batsman, I could not 
understand why so often I lost a 
ball which kept low. However, 
when I played in northern India 
on matting wickets, all my prob¬ 
lems temporarily disappeared. 

One compensation for the col¬ 
our Wind is that the eye is taken by 
shape and form, rather than by 
colour. I believe that colour-blind 
persons have often been used in 
air-spotting, as they see the object 
and not the camouflage intended 
to hide it 
Yours faithfully, 

JOHN PORTER, 

11 Grandcourt, 

King Edward's Parade, 
Eastbourne, Sussex. 

January 19. 


GPs and drugs bill 

From Dr Rodney Owen-Jones 
Sir, One of the problems GPs face 
when treating their patients (re¬ 
port, January 19) is that hospitals 
blackmail GPs into prescribing 
expensive drugs on the GPs’ 
prescriptions rather than via tire 
hospital service, thus “saving” the 
hospitals money. This practice has 
become worse over the last few 
years as hospitals have had the 
financial squeeze put on them by 
the Government. 

I havea patient who exemplifies 
this. She was told by an NHS 
hospital that they would be unable 
to prescribe drags to treat her as 
there was no money available, and 
would the GP mud prescribing 
them for her or else sire would 
have to pay £99 for each of four 
nasal sprays. Hence “GP drugs bill 
soars” is a very misleading and 
politically useful way to attack the 
very cost effective GP service. 
Yours faithfully, 

RODNEY OWEN-JONES, 

The Surgery, Ramsbury, 
Marlborough, Wiltshire. 

January 20. 


Historic battlefields 

From Mr Peter Beasley. MEP for 
Bedfordshire South (European 
Democrat (Conservative)) 

Sir, Bernard Levin (“Cavaliers 
and roundabouts”, January 16) 
might have sought a more positive 
objective in his interesting article 
on the Battle of Naseby had be 
welcomed the opportunities that 
the proposed A1(M)/MI link 
might provide if the situation were 
properly exploited. Surely a suit¬ 
able “off-road” stopping point 
might be chosen on both carriage¬ 
ways linked by a bridge, where a 
museum of the “Great Civil War” 
might be set up on the very site 
where this critical battle was 
fought. 

Not only static displays of 
contemporary uniforms and fire¬ 
arms, etc., might be shown but a 
great variety of illustrations, 
maps, original writings with back 
projection, animated illustrations 
of all sorts. 


The Naseby battlefield would 
then illustrate for hundreds of 
thousands of British adults and 
children and also for a host of 
Continental American and other 
visitors a graphic piece of British 
history. 

Obviously the opportunity 
would have to be taken of provid¬ 
ing a service station and res¬ 
taurant facilities, but hopefully of 
a more suitable and tasteful “new 
look” — perhaps more on the lines 
of some of the best of the French 
aires on their new auto-routes. 

If other similar historical sites 
close to motorways were similarly 
exploited, instead of the one in 10, 
or even one in 100 of Billons 
knowing their own history, it 
could be enjoyed by alL 
Yours faithfully, 

PETER BEA2LEY, 

Rest Harrow, 14 The Combe, 
Ration, 

Eastbourne, 

East Sussex. 

January 23. 


From the Reverend Professor 
Emeritus W. H. C Frend, FBA 
Sir, The Battle of Naseby may now 
be lost to tire (lowers, as Bernard 
Levin lamented, but is it not time 
to take a leaf out of tbe Scots* and 
Americans' book and preserve our 
battle rites in a way worthy of 
major episodes in our national 
history? The panorama of the site 
of Bannockburn in tbe Robert 
Brace Centre, south of Surfing, is a 

S lendid example of this; so is 
illoden. 

Few can listen to the presenta¬ 
tion of events at a similar centre at 
Gettysburg without emotion. Of 
other major battles fougbt on 
American soil only Camden in 
South Carolina (August 10,1780) 
and Bladensbuig outside Wash¬ 
ington (August 24, 1814) are, so 
far as 1 know, without a 
commemorative monument. But, 
they were both won by the British! 
Yours faithfully, 

W. H. C. FREND, 

The Rectory, 

Barnwell, Peterborough. 


Bevin’s claim 
to greatness 

From Sir Frank Roberts 
Sir, In his article (January 23) on 
the prospects for Middle East 
mediation. Lord Beloff delves into 
history to criticise Ernest Bevin in 
terms on which, as his principal 
private secretary between 1947 
and 1949, I feel it my duty to 
comment 

What Lord Beloff dismisses as 
“the myth of Bevin’s greatness, 
perpetuated by the Foreign Of¬ 
fice” has never been based on 
developments in the Middle East, 
where he was no more successful 
(or for that matter unsuccessful) 
than most other Western or Soviet 
leaders have been over the past 50 
years. Those more closely asso¬ 
ciated with policy in the Middle 
East than I have been could 
probably, however, make out a 
case for his prescience in the light 
of subsequent developments. 

Bevin’s claim — no myth — to 
“greatness” is based upon the 
major pan he played in the 
restoration of the Wes! European 
economy after the Marshall Plan, 
in the Berlin airlift, in the restora¬ 
tion of the Federal Republic of 
Germany to the community of 
Western nations, and in the 
creation of Nato. 

Since Lord Beloff obviously has 
no faith in Foreign Office judge¬ 
ment, I will cite in support of this 
claim Ernest Bevin's colleague 
Dean Acheron who, after listing 
Bevin's great qualities, concluded 
that “all of us to whom freedom 
and liberty are the foundations of 
our lives will stand in gratitude 
and joy that in these times such a 
man lived"; his Prime Minister, 
Cement Attlee, who spoke of him 
with equal admiration and 
warmth; and the historian, Profes¬ 
sor Sir Michael Howard who, in 
his 1982 lecture on the bi¬ 
centenary of the office of Foreign 
Secretary, placed him among the 
greatest holders of that office, 
comparable to Palmerston “in 
determination, bulldog patri¬ 
otism, humour and sheer com¬ 
mon sense” and to Castlereagh in 
achieving, with a much poorer 
hand to play, a European settle¬ 
ment that could stand comparison 
with that of Vienna at the end of 
the Napoleonic wars. 

To return briefly to the Middle 
East, Bevin was certainly anti- 
Zionist but in my dose experi¬ 
ence of him I did not find him 
anti-Jewish. Lord Beloff writes of 
his being anti-Semitic, but he can 
hardly mean this, as Arabs and 
Hebrews alike are surely Somites. 
Yours faithfully, 

FRANK K ROBERTS. 

25 Kensington Court Gardens, 
Kensington Court Place, WS. 
January 24. 

Clergy selection 

From Mr Maurice Chandler 
Sir, While not agreeing with Mr 
David Hopkinson’s strictures 
(January 21) on the General 
Synod, I endorse his proposal that 
tiie bishops should resume their 
historic role in the selection and 
approval of candidates for ordination. 

CACTM (Central Advisory 
Ctiundl for the Ministry), the 
forerunner of ACCM (Advisory 
Council for the Church’s Min¬ 
istry), came into being towards the 
end of the Second World War. The 
role which it fed has long since 
disappeared. Today its advocates 
stress its role as maintaining a 
uniform selection procedure. 
Many would question the value 
even tbe desirability of this. 

There have been many cases of 
questionable and in some cases of 
untenable rejection of good can¬ 
didates. At a time when more 
clergy are needed, particularly if 
we are to engage folly in the 
“Decade of Evangelism”, the 
Church of England cannot afford 
to continue with such centralised 
procedures. 

Furthermore the abolition of 
the ACCM selection procedures 
would save the budget of Genera] 
Synod at least £500,000. 

Yours faithfully, 

MAURICE CHANDLER, 

Rutland House, 

8 Brookhouse Street, 

Leicester. 

January 26. 

School services 

From his Honour Judge 
Keith McHale 

Sir, Mr Baker may, and I think 
should, require a daily mini¬ 
service in schools; (report. Janu¬ 
ary 24) but surely no law can 
compel anyone to worship? It 
would be better not to try. 

Yours faithfully, 

KEITH McHALE, 

Oak Lodge, 

141 A]bem arte. 

Beckenham, Kent. 

January 24. 


Undervalued assets 

From Mrs Nicholas Lear 
Sir, I fear it is only the middle class 
who dare to clothe themselves and 
their children from jumble sales 
(letters, January 19). This was 
brought home to me when the girl 
who came to help dean my house 
offered me some second-hand 
baby clothes. “I wouldn’t put my 
baby in them”, she said, “but I 
thought yon might like them for 
Annie”. 

Yours sincerely, 

HARRIET LEAR, 

Knowlands, Barcombe, 

Nr Lewes, Sussex. 

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SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


SOCIAL 

NEWS 


Clifford Longley 


OBITUARIES 


Birthdays 

TODAY: Mr Alan Alda, actor, 
S3; Mr Alisier Allan, marksman, 
45; Mr Mikhail Baryshnikov, 
ballet dancer and actor, 41; Miss 
'Enid Castle, principal, Chettea- 
ham Ladies* College, S3; Sir 
Oliver Chesterton, chartered 
surveyor, 76; Mr John Ed¬ 
monds, trades omonist, 45; Sir 
Anthony Garner, former direc¬ 
tor of organization. Conser¬ 
vative Central Office, 62; Mr 
JJ3. Hughey principal, Ruskm 
College, Oxford, 62; Mr Bill 
Jordan, trade unionist, 53; Sir 
Timothy Kitson, former MP, 
58; Mr Alfred Marks, actor and 
comedian, 68; Mr Ronnie Scott, 
jaaz musician, 62; Sir Trevor 
Skeet, MP, 7t; Professor John 
Tavener, composer, 45; the Rev 
BJR. White, principal, Regent’s 
Park College, Oxford, 55; the 
Right Rev James Whyte, Mod¬ 
erator of the General Assembly 
of the Church of Scotland, 69; 
Lord Windlesham, 57. 

TOMORROW: Dr R.C Alston, 
bibliographer, 56; Mr Malcolm 
Binns, conceit pianist, 53; Mr 
Leslie Bricosse, composer and 
lyricist, S8; Major-General Sir 
George Bums, 78; Dr Alec 
Coppen, psychiatrist, 66; Lord 
Fexrier, 89; Miss Germaine 
Greer, author, 50; Lord 
Gregson, 65; Mr Paul Hodder- 
Williams. publisher, 79; Mr 
John Jimldn, actor and writer, 
59; Mr Scan Keriy, hockey 
player, 29; Mrs Margaret Laird, 
Third Church Estates Commis¬ 
sioner, 56; Major-General K-F. 
Mackay Lewis, 92; Mr Michael 
Mavor, headmaster, 

Gordonstoun School, 42; Mr 
Andy Roberts, cricketer, 38; 
Professor Abdus Salam, theo¬ 
retical physicist, 63; Air Chief 
Marshal Sir Alasdair Sieed m an. 
67; Viscount Tonypandy, 80; 
Mr Brian Trubshaw, former test 
pilot, 65. 


Memorial services 

Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice 
Burnett 

The Lord Lieutenant of North 
Yorkshire and the Hon Lady 
Worsley attended a memorial 
service for Lieutenant-Colonel 
Maurice Burnett held yesterday 
at St Mary’s, Richmond, York¬ 
shire. The Rev Christopher 
White officiated, assisted by the 
Rev Pieter Huiett. 1 

Mr Timothy Burnett, son, 
read the lesson. Lord Martin 
Fitzalan Howard gave an ad¬ 
dress. The Bishop of Ripon 
pronounced the blessing. Others 
present included: 

The Deputy Lieutenants of 
North Yorkshire, the Chairman, 
Chief Executive and Leader of 
North Yorkshire County Coun¬ 
cil, the Mayor of Scarborough, 
the Chairman and Chief Exec¬ 
utive of Richmondshire District 
Council, the Chairman of Cra¬ 
ven District Council and the 
Chairman of Selby District 
Council. 

Mrs J JL “Cockfe” Hoogterp 
A service of thanksgiving for 
Mrs JJL “Codrie” Hoogterp 
was held yesterday at the 
Church of St Michael and All 
Angels, High dens, Hampshire. 
The Rev T.F. Horsmgton offici¬ 
ated. Mr Christopher Hodson 
and Mr Richard Parker Bowles 
read the lessons. Mr Harry 
Middleton gave an address. 

Service luncheon 

Fleet Air Ana 

Lieutenant Commander Jesse 
Hanks was the principal guest at 
an anniversary luncheon of the 
48th Naval Pilots’ Course 
(1943) Fleet Air Arm held 
yesterday at die Mayfair HoteL 

Service dinner 

RAF Benson 

Air Vice-Marshal Sir John and 
Lady Severne were the guests of 
honour at a ladies guest uighi 
held last night at the Officers' 
Mess, RAF Benson, to mark Sir 
John's retirement as Captain of 
The Queen's Flight. Squadron 
Leader P. Melting presided. 


Discover the Gospel 
amongst the poor 


Dr John Vincent, director of ihe Urban 
Theology Unit at Sheffield, has a reputation as 
the enfarue terrible of Methodism, a worthy 
successor of Lord Soper (who is no longer an 
infect). As the next President of the Methodist 
Conference Dr Vincent will wear both Soper’s 
and Wesley’s mantle fora year, and command 
the chief forum in the church for the 
promotion of his radical ideas. 

Methodism is possibly the most fertile 
ground in Britain for a native growth of the 
theology of liberation, and Dr Vincent is one 
of the very few who might even be said to have 
anticipated some of its thinking. Wesley’s 
original mission was very much to the poorer 
sections of eighteenth century Britain, so 
liberation theology’s message of an u option for 
the poor" rang a lot of bells and was like 
pushing at a half open door. In Latin American 
Catholicism, by contrast, liberation theology 
was a radical reversal of the church’s 
traditional alignment with wealth and power, 
and the shock waves have by no means yet 
died down. 

Dr Vinoent has already foreshadowed what 
will be one of his major concerns as .Methodist 
President after this summer’s annual Con¬ 
ference, in an article in this week’s Methodist 
Recorder. As he puts it: “How on earth do you 
communicate across divided Britain?' 

The essence of the problem he is referring to, 

which is by no means confined to Methodism, 
arises from the church’s largely middle-class 
base in British society, combined with its 
presence in some of the areas of greatest 
deprivation, particularly in the inner city and 
on run-down housing estates. 

In the nature of things, Christianity then 
becomes a middle-class message, one from the 
better-off to the poor. But, as Dr Vincent 
roundly declares with only a touch of 
preacher’s overstatement: “In an affluent 
society Good News comes from the poor.” In 
other words only the poor can reach the poor 
in a way which does nol distort ihe Gospel, the 
very message of St Francis of Assisi. This 
certainly helps to explain the success of the 
independent Black churches, who for all their 
lack of sophistication do not start with the 
disadvantage of riches. 

His dramatic advice to the church, faced 
with old and costly buildings and small and 
hard-up congregations, is to sell its buildings 


what is really needed. Financial self-suf¬ 
ficiency for the urban church is his ideal, if 
possible turning its real estate into a modest 
source of income. 

In its activity, his advice to such churches is 
to “trust the neighbourhood” meaning that it 
should respect the existing community spirit 
and work within it “Bring in people like the 
folk already there, and let the worship and the 


Dinners 

Faulty of Architects and 
Surveyors 

The Lord Mayor of West¬ 
minster attended a dinner given 
by Sir Gerard Vaughan, MP, an 
Honorary Fellow of the Faculty 
of Architects and Surveyors, at 
the House of Commons last 
night for the London region of 
the faculty and their guests, 
Phab (Physically Handicapped 
and Able-bodied). Mr J.W. Wil¬ 
son,. chairman of the region, 
presided and the other speakers 
were Mr Trevor Owen, Chair¬ 
man of Phab, Mrs Jean Allen 
and Mr Barry Cryer. 

KeWe College, Oxford 
Dr Eric Stone, Vice-Warden of 
Keble College, Oxford, presided 
at the Keblc London dinner held 
last night at the Brewery, 
Chiswell Street The Presidents 
of the Middle and Junior Com¬ 
mon Rooms were the guests. 

The Mount 
School 

It is with regret that The Mount 
School, London, NW7 2RX. 
announces the death on Thurs¬ 
day, January 12, 1989 of Miss 
Betty Shannon Minin, head¬ 
mistress from September 1963 
until July 1973. 


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Mr M. Axon 
and Miss L. KeBy 
The engagement Is announced 
between Marie, son of Mr and 
Mrs John Axon, of Oakham, 
Leicestershire, and Louise, 
daughter of Mr and Mrs W. 
Kelly, of Wonky, Cheshire. 

Mr N.T. Beadey 
and Miss SJML Fiery 
The engagement is announced 
between Nicholas, second son of 
Mr and Mrs H.T. Beazley, of 
Wimbledon, London, and 
Sarah, only daughter of Mr and 
Mrs P.C. Flory, of 
Wheathampstead, Hert¬ 
fordshire. 

Lieutenant A.U. Bridged, RN 
and Miss SJLL. Diddnson 
The engagement is announced 
between Lieutenant Andrew 
Bridgen, son of Mr and Mrs E.E. 
.Bridges, of Coldharbour, 
Surrey, and Susan, daughter of 
Mr and Mrs Alan Dickinson, of 
Levant, Chichester, West 
Sussex. 

Mr T.W. Broke-Smith 
and Miss A. Weitx 
The engagement is announced 
between Toby, the eldest son of 
Mr and Mrs Anthony Brake- 
Smith, of Gamberley, Surrey, 
and Apja, eldest daughter of Mr 
and Mrs F.W. Weitz, of Oak 
Ridge, New Jersey, USA. 

Mr R.O. Cochrane 
and Miss J J>. Leeson 
The engagement is announced 
between Jocelyn Diana Leeson, 
daughter of Mrs Leslie Leeson, 
of Leicestershire, and Robert 
Orr Cochrane, son of Mr and 
Mrs Stanley Cochrane, of 
Belfast. 

Mr CJL Daw 
and Miss VJB. Weston 
The engagement is announced 
between Christopher, eldest son 
of Mr and Mrs BJL Dawe, of 
Bisbopton, Co Durham, and 
Victoria, elder daughter of the 
Ven and Mrs F.V. Weston,of 
The Archdeacon’s Lodge, Christ 
Church, Oxford. 

Const G-O. de La 

Rochefoucauld 

and Miss J.G£. Weir 

The engagement is announced 

between Guy-Olivier, son of 

Count and Countess Pierre- 

Louis de La Rochefoucauld, of 

rue Marbeau, Paris, France, and 
Juliet Coasudo Elizabeth, elder 
daughter of Professor and Mrs 
Donald Weir, of Rookwood, 
BaUyboden, Dublin, Ireland and 
Alma Square, London. 

Mr TXr. Eras 
and JVGss D J. Marks 
The engagement is announced 
between Giyn, younger son of 
Mr and Mrs T. Evans, oftiwyn 
Mawr, near Llangollen, Qwyd, 
and Denise, daughter of Mr D. 
Marks, of Perranporth, 

Cornwall. 

Mr N JM. Fletcher 
and Mbs C. Bowmw-Shaw 
The engagement is announced 
between Nicholas, son of Mr R. 
Fletcher, of Abereavenny, and 
Cath eri ne (Bo), only daughter of 
Mr and Mrs Trevor Bowtnan- 
$haw, of Hardwicke Place, 
Hardwicke, Aylesbury, 
Buckinghamshire. 



Mr E. WhJUtes 
and Miss ML Macdonald 
The engagement is announced 
between Eric, only son of Mrs 
DlM- Whailes and Ihe late Mr 
W.C Whailes, of Harare, Zim¬ 
babwe, and Morag, only daugh¬ 
ter of Dr and Mrs LS. 
Macdonald, of Pal kirk, 
Scotland. 

Mr CJ. Whyte 

and Mfcts JJVf. Li v in gs t on 

Ursula and David Livingston, 
Taupe, New Zealand, have 
much pleasure in announcing 
the engagement of their eldest 
daughter, Joanne Margaret, to 
Campbell James, eldest son of 
Margaret and Robert Whyte, 
Wettfagton, New Zealand. 


Reagan award 

The Duke of Edinburgh, honor¬ 
ary trustee of the Winston 
Churchill Foundation of the 
United States, will present the 
Churchill award to Mr Ronald 
Reagan at a dinner in Los 
Angeles on May 17, Bucking¬ 
ham Palace announced 
yesterday. 


SIR THOMAS SOPWITH 

Long-lived commander oftheair 


lifestyle of the church be truly based on them— 
Let the churches make an ecclesiastical and 
cultural journey downwards.” 

Dr Vincent favours the concept of “basic 
communities” as practised in Brazil and 
elsewhere, which he calls “walking-distance 
communities”. There being few areas of solid 
Methodism left on the urban landscape, such 
groups would almost certainly have to be 
ecumenical if they were to work. They could, 
be envisages, be reinforced in numbers by the 
sponsorship of wealthier congregations, who 
might be persuaded to support .someone 
prepared to live and work with the poor. 

Such basic communities could not exist with 
exclusively ‘‘religious” agendas of their own, 
in isolation from the problems of life: indeed 
the whole point of them is that they do not try. 
Inevitably they must participate in the 
community’s own struggles, for law centres, 
better buses, housing repairs, street lighting 
but if they are not to be absorbed and 
indistinguishable after a time, they must also 
have a '‘something else” which is at the heart 
of what (hey are about 

Dr Vincent predicts they will discover "the 
essential Gospel of Jesus, not only for the poor 
but for all the churches”. This is an optimistic 
view. There are many instances of small 
groups who have set themselves up with a 
simple sense of mission, but have quite 
quickly take on extraneous or ideological 
characteristics, or have been riven by 
controversies of their own making. The 
communes of the 1960s eschewed authoritar¬ 
ian leadership, or indeed any roles at alUbut 
none of them found the secret of harmonious 
stability. 

In the case of an expressly Christian 
community there is the added problem of 
finding a spirituality that controls the wilder 
flights of fancy that the unbound religious 
imagination is capable of Roman Catholic 
basic communities in Latin America receive 
their explicitly Christian character from the 
regular community Eucharist, and their 
doctrinal stability from being part of the much 
larger church enterprise. The traditional 
solution to these far from new problems has 
been through the foundation of religious 
orders, and it is often said that Methodism 
could well have developed as such an order, 
had it not begun in a religious climate 
dominated by Protestant suspicion of such 

thing s. 

But times have changed. The Methodist 
“option for the poor”, which is obviously 
going to dominate that church at least for the 
year of Dr Vincent’s leadership and if he is 
successful far beyond, may well be looking - 
whether it knows it or not - for something like 
a Methodist Order of St Francis. 


MrAAfJXGuUanme 
and Miss VJLL. Greene 
The engagement is announced 
bet w een Matthew, son of Mr 
and Mrs John Guillaume, of 
Bath, Avon, and Victoria, 
daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger 
Greene, of Rickmanswonh. 
Hertfordshire. 

Mr D. Harrison 
and Mias V. AmaHksen 
The engagement is announced 
between David, dder son of 
John and Serena Harrison, of 
Parson’s Green, London, and 
Vivian, daughter of Georg and 
Thordis AmaHksen, of Sta¬ 
vanger, Norway. 

Mr P. Homayonnfar 
and Miss SJL Doyle 
Parviz, elder son of Colonel and 
Mrs S. Homayounfer, of 
LindfieJd, West Sussex, and 
Susan, elder daughter of Mr and 
Mrs Maurice F. Doyle, of 
Ctoosfceagh, Dublin, are pleased 
to announce their engagement 
and forthcoming marriage. 

Mr G. Main 

and Mbs HJVL Scaatlebaxy 
The engagement is announced 
between Guy, son of Mr and 
Mra Peter Main, Chiton bury, 
London, and Helen, younger 
daughter of Mr and Mrs Ian 
Scantlebury, Virginia Water, 
Surrey. 

Mr DJL Poole 
and Miss SLI. Harrison 
The e n gag em ent is announced 
between David, sou of Mr and 
Mrs Gerald Poole, of Bucksford 
Mill House, Ashford, Kent, and 
Sarah, daughter of Dr and Mrs 
David Harrison, of Redcot, 
Exeter. 

Mr AX. Seagers 
and Mbs PJ. Green 
The engagement is announoed 
between Adrian, elder son of Mr 
and Mrs RJ?. Seagers, of 
Woodbridge, Suffolk, and 

Fhillippa, daughter Of Mr 
D.L.T. Green, of Dodford, 
Northamptonshire, and of Mra 
WJL Jewell, of Tal-y-Cbed 
Court, Monmouth. 

Mr T J. Sedgwick 
and Miss CJS. Park 

The engagement is announced 
between Toby, son of Mr and 
Mrs John Sedgwick, of Novella 
Street, Fulham, and Clare, 
daughter of Captain and Mrs 
Keith Park, of Haslemerc, 
Surrey. 


Sir Thomas Sopwith, CBE, 
who died yesterday at the age 
of 101, was the last survivor of 
the early pioneers of British 
aviation—and, in many ways, 
the greatest of them alL The 
air superiority gained by Brit¬ 
ish fighter aircraft (and their 
crews) in two World Wars 
owed more to Sopwith than lo 
any other man. But for him 
the course of history might 
have been different. 

He brought skill, pertinacity 
and good humour-to a wide 
variety of activities in British 
aviation. He was one of the 
best known, and internation¬ 
ally acclaimed, of early sport¬ 
ing aviators. From 1912 he 
initiated the design and 
construction of 16 different 
types of aircraft — all in the 
forefront'of the technology of 
their day - including the first 
British flying boat and the first 
British winner of a major 
international air contest, the 
1914 Schneider Trophy Race. 

During the Hist World 
War, Sopwith aircraft were 
built in greater numbers titan 
were those of any other British 
constructor. Between the wars 
Sopwith's aircraft companies 
were the leading suppliers of 
aircraft to the Royal Air Force. 
His Hawkers (designed by 
Sydney Camxn) were exported 
to a greater value titan were 
the products of the rest of the 
British aircraft industry put 
together. 

In the Second World War, 
the Hurricane was the top- 
scoring fighter in the Battle of 
Britain and the Typhoon was 
devastating as a ground-attack 
aircraft over Normandy. Sub¬ 
sequently, his ptoneeering jet 
fighters culminated in the 
world's first Vertical-Take- 
Off-and-Landmg aircraft, the 
Hawker Harrier. 

The foundation of all this 
was his decision to start the 
Sopwith Flying School and 
then the Sopwith Aviation 
Company at Brooklands, the 
Surrey motor-racing circuit, in 
1912, followed by the H G 
Hawker Engineering Com¬ 
pany in 1920. Bom them 
grew, from 1935, the Hawker 
Siddeley Group. 

With it went his mo¬ 
mentous and fortunate de¬ 
cision in that year to commit 
the company to production of 
the Hurricane ahead of any 
official orders — thereby 
ensuring that "The Narrow 
Margin” of aircraft in service 
with Fighter Command was 
just adequate when the Battle 
of Britain began. 

Thomas Octave Murdoch 
Sopwith was born on January 
I!, 1888, the eighth child and 
eldest son of Thomas 
Sopwith. a leading Scottish 
civil engineer, and his wife. 




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He was educated at 
Cotxesmere School in Rutland 
and at the Seafidd Engineer¬ 
ing College in Fyffe where, in 
1906, he acquired a halfshare 
in a Short Brothers balloon in 
which he first took to the air. 


Sopwith in one of his earliest aircraft - date unknown 

educated at Biplane” - wifo the Gnome followed 

ioo! in Rutland engine out of his Blenot day J 0 ™* p Furv iniercep- 
field Engineer- monoplane. He was soWit to by the Hf w kerFu ry miercep- 

Fyfe where, in the Admiralty for £900 — torfightcr j? 

«da halfshare sufficient to buy the Kingston This success _rxj aw v er 
hers balloon in skating-rink. # formauon. inl 9^ of HawkCT 

ook to the air. The first Sopwith aeroplane Siddeley Aircraft wire 


Sopwith quickly became to go into production, the 
immersed in the land, sea and Sopwith Three-Seat Biplane 


an* sporting enterprises: mo- 
tor-cycling, early cars, a par¬ 
affin-engined schooner and 
the “Padsop” balloon until, in 
October, 1910, after a brief £5 
passenger flight in a Fannan 
biplane at Brooklands piloted 
by Gustav Blondean, he be¬ 
came “bitten by the aviation 
bus — from which there is no 
recovery.” 

He bought, for £630, a 
British Howard-Wright 
“Avis” monoplane, and then a 
biplane, taught himself to fly 
surviving an initial stall and 
crash. He was awarded the 
Royal Aero Club Aviator’s 


was delivered to the Ad¬ 
miralty. This was the first of 
more than 18,000 aircraft of 
60 different types designed 
and built by the company in 
its eight years of existence 
from June 1912 to September 
1920. 

During the First World War 
the Sopwith Works were 
greatly expanded to supply a 
succession of fighter aircraft 
which won air superiority 
over the Western FronL The 
Sopwith “zoo” of Pups, Cam¬ 
els, Cuckoos, Dolphins, Sala¬ 
manders and Snipes axe now 
almost legendary in the annals 


Certificate No. 31 on Novem- of the 1914/18 war. 
ber 21, 1910, and, five days With the Armistice came a 
later, set up a British duration swift and complete cancella- 
record of 3 hours 22 minute*, cion of aircraft orders and an 
flying his Howard-Wright bi- enormous tax bill from the 


plane for 107 miles around the 
Brooklands track. Then, to 
recoup the costs, he entered 


Exchequer. Decisively, 
Sopwith put the company into 
voluntary liquidation while it 


for — and won — the Baron de could still pay its creditors. 
Forest prize of £4,000 for the That done, on November 15, 


longest flight out of England 
into the Continent — 169 
miles to Belgium in 3% hours. 

In June 1912 he founded the 
Sopwith Aviation Company 
Limited with sheds at 
Brooklands and works (from 
December 23, 1912) in the 
16,000 square feet of a former 
roller-skating rink at Kiogs- 
ton-on-Thames. 

Sopwith himself made the 


1920. there arose the H G 
Hawker Engineering Com¬ 
pany limited. 

In 1923 Raynham in¬ 
troduced to Sopwith a 29- 
year-old “senior 

draughtsman'' from the 
Martinsyde Company — Syd¬ 
ney Camm. Under Sopwith's 
chairmanship during the next 
43 years, Camm was respon¬ 
sible for the design of 52 types 


maiden flight in July 1912 of of Hawker aircraft of which 
the first Sopwith aeroplane — more than 26,000 were built 


a development of a Burgess- 
Wright biplane, modified as 
the Sopwith “Hybrid Tractor 


The fortunes of the Hawker 
Company took off with the 
disign, in 1927, of the Hawker 


bv the Hawker Fury miercep- 

wr fighter biplane- 

This success Jed 10 the 
formation, in I^.ofHawkCT 
Siddeley Aircraft Limited with 
Sopwith as Chairman. 

The new monopiaoe era 
was dawning, marked in 
Britain in March 1935 by the 
first flight of the prototype 
Avro Anson, followed fry Ihe 
prototype Hawker Hurricane, 
single-seat eight-gun mono- 
plane. The Hurricane was 
followed in 1941 by the 
Hawker Typhoon, devastating 
as a ground-attack and armed 
with 40mm cannon, 3-inch 
rockets and 1,0001b of bombs. 

Meanwhile, at Gloster Air¬ 
craft, work began in February 
1940 on a neat single-seat 
monoplane — the E28/39 — in 
which was to fly for the first 
time —on May 15,1941 — the 
first Whittle W1 jei engine. It 
was followed by the twin-jet 
Gloster F9/40 Meteor fighter, 
the first jet aircraft to see 
active service with the Royal 
Air Force — from July 1944. 

The success of the Hart in 
the 1930s was reproduced 
a gain by that of the Hawker 
Hunter, first flown (by Neville 
Duke on July 20, 1951). On 
September 7, 1953, a Hunter 
set up a new world's speed 
record of 727.6 mph. 

Sopwith remained Chair¬ 
man of the Hawker.Siddeley 
Group until 1963 when he 
accepted the title of Founder 
and Life President 

In 1914, he married Beatrix, 
daughter of the 8th Baron 
Ruthven of Canberra. She 
died in 1930 without children. 
In 1932, he married Phyllis 
Brodie. They had one son. 
Lady Sopwith died in 1978. - 


ARTHUR MARSHALL 


Laugh, and the world laughs with you 


Arthur Marshall, broadcaster, 
book reviewer, wit and enter-* 
tamer who first made his 
name with his imitations of 
schoolgirl stories, died yes¬ 
terday. He was 78. 

His acute sense of humour 
and radiant personality gen¬ 
erated laughter in whatever 
company he moved, whether 
among dons, distinguished ac¬ 
tors, the Household Brigade, 
the London dubs or his 
audience on Woman’s Hour 
and Call My Bluff. 

Marshall was bom on May 
10, 1910 in Barnes, London, 
and educated at Oundle 
School and Christ's College, 
Cambridge. Stage struck al¬ 
most from birth, he was taken 
to his first pantomime at the 
age of four and acquired a 
memory for the casts, and 
even the plots, of musical* 
comedies. 

Az Cambridge his remark¬ 
able talents as a female im¬ 
personator won him the 
Presidency of the ADC at a 
time in that dub's history 
when all women's parts were 
still played by men. His most 
striking success was as Shaw's 
Lady Cecily in Captain 
Brassbouna’s Conversion 
when another undergraduate, 
Michael Redgrave, playing 
opposite him discovered to his 
chagrin that title role did not 
provide the juiciest character 
u the play. Shaw had after all 
written the piece for Ellen 
Terry. 

In 1931 Marshall returned 
to his old school to teach 
modem languages and first 
attracted attention as a diseur 
whose monologues sent up the 
heroines' of Angela Brazil’s 
schoolgirl novels or Baroness 
Gnczy’s historical romances. 
What began as an amateur 
turn to amuse his friends won 
him fame in the theatre and as 
a broadcaster; and be became 
the friend of such con¬ 
noisseurs as Noel Coward, 
Somerset Maugham, Hugh 
Beaumont and foe Lunts. 

He refused, however, offers 



to turn professional and was 
confirmed in foe wisdom of 
his decision when Emile Lit- 
tler, after hearing his recita¬ 
tions, rushed up to say that he 
would willingly sign hm to 
play Dame at Leeds foe next. 
day. 

Since he was an officer in 
the Ouod/e O.T.C Marshall 
was posted shortly after foe 
outbreak of the last war to the 
B.E.F. in France where he was ■ 
in command of a Field Sec¬ 
urity Section. After Dunkirk 
he served first in Northern 
Ireland, then in Combined 
Operations, and later in 
SHAEF being demobilised in 
1945 with the rank of Lieuten¬ 
ant-Colonel and the award of 
theMBE. 

During his service in 
London he found time to 
appear on radio as Nurse 
Dugdale in a hilarious hos¬ 
pital series devised by himself 

Marshall went back again to 
Oundle in 1946 to become a 
housemaster but in 1954 
Lord Rothschild, by employ¬ 
ing him as his personal assis¬ 
tant, gave him the chance to 
develop his ties with the 
theatre, and in 1958 he moved 
to London to work for H.M. 


Tennent vetting television 
scripts. 

His only play. Season cf 
Goodwill, produced in 1964, 
during a trough in the 
popularity of West End the¬ 
atre, was a failure. 

Meanwhile he had made his 
name as a reviewer in 1935 
Raymond Mortimer suggested 
that he might contribute a 
review each year on the new 
batch of schoolgirl stories in 
order to save New Statesman 
readers the moral exertion of 
reading them. His reviews 
maintained that journal’s tra¬ 
dition of gaiety in foe literary 
section, which was not always 
so evident in the political 
section of the weekly. 

Marshall was once 
described as a “wonderful 
reviewer who has never re¬ 
viewed a single wonderful 
book”. 

He was in no sense an 
intellectuaL Although he once 
wrote an artide of some 
erudition on Balzac, he pre¬ 
ferred the stage and screen to 
books and to that kind of 
autobiography of which he 
wrote: The gift of total recall is 
not a gift but a disaster”. 

His favourite authors were 


either entertainers such as 
Wodehouseor those on whom 
his humour would work such 
as “Sapper", John Buchan, 
Elizabeth Russel] and Angela 
Brazil. He was responsible for 
Brazil’s entry in the D.N.B. 

His short stories and re¬ 
views were collected in three 
volumes. Nineteen to the 
Dozen (1953) and Girls will be 
Girls (1974) and / Say! (1977). 
His autobiography entitled 
Life's Rich Pageant appeared 
in 1984. 

■ Marshall had retired to 
Devon in 1975 when Anthony 
Howard persuaded him to 
write a Diary for the New 
Statesman. He warmed to the 
task and, calling his home 
Myrtlebank, retailed the activ¬ 
ities of characters in the 
village part fact, part fiction —. 
though the two were 
interchangeable. 

Later he wrote a regular 
feature for the Sunday Tele- 
graph. By 1980 he was enjoy¬ 
ing an Indian summer, and 
when he began to appear 
regularly on television, his 
popularity brought a shower 
of engagements and 
appearances. 

Arthur Marshall was a flaw- 
fess performer. In his romance 
with foe stage he acquired foe 
iron discipline of professional 
actors: he had perfect timing \ 
and never fluffed a line. ’ 
Unable to write a dull sen- ■ 
lence, he had once to explain 
that the passage which the 
literary editor was inten ding 
to excise contained his best 
joke. 

He impaled his victims 
upon (heir own writings, * 
which he would quote to 
devastating effect His gaiety ■ 

was so effervescent and his' 
chortle so unmistakeable, that, 
one laughed with him and ■ 
rather than against the vio* 
tints. For him laughter was foe 
most agreeable of sounds and,. 
though he wrote that he had ■ 
teen.iucky in his friends for* 
providing it, it was he who set; 
tnem laughing. 


Anniversaries 


Today 

BIRTHS: Henry VII, reigned 
1485-1509, Pe m broke Castle, 
1457; Giovanni Borelli, astrono¬ 
mer, Naples, 1608; John Baaker- 
vxDe, type designer; Worcester, 
1706; Charles George Gordon, 
general, London. 1833; Sir 
Henry Stanley, explorer, Den¬ 
bigh, 184 l;Jos£ Marti, poet and 
Cuban nationalist, Havana, 
1853; William Seward Bur¬ 
roughs, pioneer of adding ma¬ 
chines, New York, 1855; 

Colette, writer, SamtrSauvew- 
enrPirisaye, 1873; Jackson Pol¬ 
lock; painter, Cody, Wyoming, 
1912. 


DEATHS: Charlemagne, Holy 
Roman Emperor 800-814, Aa¬ 
chen, 814; Henry VUL reigned 
1509-47, London, 1547; Sir 
Francis Drake, at sea off Pan¬ 
ama, 1596; Sir Thomas Bodley, 
diplomat, founder of foe Oxford 
library bearing his name, 
London, 1612/13; Sir William 
Beechey, painter, London, 2839; 
William Prescott, historian, 
Boston, .Massachusetts, 1859; 
Adalbert Softer, novelist, Linz,' 
Austria; 1868; Vincente Biasco 
■ Ibanez, writer and politician, 
Menton, Ranee, 1928; William 
Butler Yearts, poet; dramatist 
and Irish nanenaafon, Nobd 
laureate 1923,- Roquebrune- 
Gap^Martin, 1939, 


Tomorrow 

BIRTHS: Emmanuel Sweden¬ 
borg philosopher, Stockholm, 
1688 ; Thomas Rune. Writer. 

Thctford, Norfolk, 
1737; William McKinley, 25th 
Indent of foe USA 1897- 
IJOLNiltt, Ohio, 1843; Sir 
aroraer Howiuxt, pioneer of 
® araen ttties. London, 1850; 

^WnOiefchov, Tagarov, Ru*. 
aa, I860; Anton Chekhov 
Tagarov, Russia, I860; FreA. 
wick Delius/ conapoS? 
Bradford, 1862; Ro maic r 0 j 2 
n ovella, Nobd 


J^poHKlap. Valencia, 1867;. 

dSS?* 1 o Bl 2? n ' composer.' 
^.Staffordshire, 1876;- 

comctfim : 

DEATHS: Edward Lear, poet* 

1888- ai AJikJi ian Reoio, Italy,* 
‘o»8, Alfred Sislev. oainier a 

^99; P Dou^ : 

S3® west. 

York, 1962; Rob- 

SL£S? M » Poet, Boston,, 
Massachusetts, 1963. 





















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ANNOUNCEMENTS & PERSO 


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Taj. - On January 24m i«rq 

§} ^ Wrng. to Sa l ^i 

Slc wart . a daughter. Olivia im.m 

- On January 25 th. a i 
wantage Hosuttai, to Juliet (Me 
Wwton ) and David a daughter 
Georgina, sister for OttnT^Sd 
James. 


- On January 26th iqm 

at Unlvmtty hoswtalof wSleTto 

Delyth Ann (Me Watkins) and John, 
a son. Timothy Wmvi. 


PEARCe - On January 2nd to Julie 
(nee Sealcy) and RussetL a son 
Edward Kenneth, a towhSr*E 


PESCOO - On January 24th 1989 . t , 
Bemj« and Michael, a daughter 


■ On January 24th 1989. to 
Cuuan (Me Boodle) and MlOueL a 
son. Oliver. 


ROPSH . On January Xfith. to Sarah- 
Jane (Me Priori and David, a 
daughter Rosanna, a sister for ' -tv 
and Alexandra. 


SINGM - On January t-Mh. to Ann and 
Sartnder. a beautiful daughter 
Victoria Elizabeth Rase. 


SYMINGTON - On January 26th. to 
Jane utfe Lathon-Brownei and Paul, 
a son. Harry, brother for Robert. 
Charlotte and Louisa. 


TALBOTT - On January 17th 1909 . to 
Julia <nfe Phillips) and Sow. a 
daughter. Jessica EmOy. a aster fur 
Chartane 


TURBETir - On January 2 lsr 1989. at 
Queen Charlottr'a Hospital. London 
10 AUish (Me FTeyne) and Eyre, a 
daughter. Matilda. 


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daughter uf the late Mr. Mre Edwin 
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BANKS - On Wednesday January 26th 
1969. peacefully after a short illness 
In the Queen EUzafaeth Hospital. 
Birmingham. G.V. (Jess) Ph JJ. of the 
University of Blnnlnghaai French 
department aged SO. Beloved 
husband of Jenny, dear tether of 
Sarah. Matthew and Joseph. 
Requiem mass at University at 
Birmingham Catholic Chaplaincy. 
Harrisons Road. Birmingham on 
Wednesday February ut at 1.00pm. 
Family (lowers only. Donations may 
be made to the Queen Elizabeth 
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BELSKY - On January 27th, in Sutton 
Courtenay. Margaret the newspaper 
cartoonist. Only donations hs 
imperial Cancer Resea r c h Fund. 


BENT - On January 27tn at Nort tiam o- 
ion General HoapiiaL Jennifer, aged 
46. Loved and lovtng wife of John 
and moilier of Caihaine and James. 


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HncfNMALD - On January 2 Sm 1989. 
ne a remi ly in her deep at Monks 
Haven Rest Home; Shrewsbury, in 
her 86 U 1 year. Isobei Hay 
MacDonald, daughter of the late 
Motor Ronald and Mi* MacDonald of 
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COLES . On December 23rd 1988. 
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CROSS - On January 26th 1989. at 
Deal, the Reverend WA. ChapUn 
Northern Province. Tanganyika 
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ULLEN - On January 26th 1989. 
after a short ton# tn hospital tsabeUe 
a truly wonderful Mother to Sarah. 
David and Johnny and lovtng 
Crannie to Patrick. Katharine, 
James. Richard. Simon and Tire. 
Private cremation. No flowers but 
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illness) cjo Dr AJJ.B. Webster. 
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peacefully tn Brighton. Joyce 
Cwynneth ‘Jo* aged 9a much loved 
mother of Richard, grandmother of 
Dondnic Candace and Edward. 
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A symphony of pain 


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apy for the thousands of pro¬ 
fessional musicians who suffer 
pain and disability in order to 
make a living. That is the »dvice 
of Alan Lockwood, a neoroJogisf 
at the Performing Arts Clink at 
the University of Texas Medical 
School. 

In a review of research into 
the playing-related problems of 
musicians, pnbtisbed in the 
January 26 issne of the Nn* 
England Journal of Medicine, 
Lockwood says that around half 
oral! performing players experi¬ 
ence medical dffkulties related 
to making music. 

String players run the most 
risk of injury: this is reflected ib 
the preponderance of injuries to 
tendons and muscles in the hand 
and forearm. These injuries are 
the natural consequence of long 
hours spent rehearsing and 
performing; this involves * se¬ 
ries of repetitive and energetic 
man oeuvres that must be carried 
oat to a high degree of accuracy 
to achieve a profcssioaaI-soam»- 
ing result. 

In most cases, the pain goes 
away when the music stops, 
although the injuries of some are 
so severe that surgery and a 
change of career are necessary. 

The music students of today 
go oo to become the redial and 
concert hall stare of tomorrow, 
object to a range at oervous and 


muscular disorders which, al¬ 
though varied individually, are 
so dis tinc t i ve as a group that, in 
die United States at least, whole 
research programmes are de¬ 
voted to their study. 

Playing the yioiiu, for exam¬ 
ple, requires both physical stam¬ 
ina and high precision. 
Lockwood shows bow musicians 
take for granted die comp l ex 
interplay of nerves a nd mu scles 
needed to play the instrument at 
alL The handling of the bow 
determines moch of the charac¬ 
ter of the note, such as its 
duration and volume. The 
tolerances involved are so 
minute that very little, in phys¬ 
ical terms, separates a good from 
a poor performance. 

A muftitade of biomechanical 
processes is involved in playing 
an instrument with predsioB, 
and any one can turn the 
promise o t a One perf or m a nce 
into disastrous reality. This is 
why nmskfaiis’iqjnries are criti¬ 
cal, and why players put up with 
paio as somet h ing that goes with 
the job. 

Part of the problem is that 
musicians are trained to suffer 
discomfort from an early age. 
The prevalence of a “no pain, no 
gain** philosophy in music edu¬ 
cation has resrited in the accep¬ 
tance of music-related hyaries 
as an occupational hazard in 80 
percent of American Ugh school 


students; many of them go oo to 
develop, one of a wide range of 
illnesses group e d under the 
catch-all headnig of “over-use 
syndrome”. 

This term applies to any 
fatjury which is a result of 
repetitive physical stresses 
pushing tissues beyond their 
ability to cope. The syndrome is 
more ronunon m women than 
area, and often results when 
musicians stretch themselves to 
master difficult pieces, with 
conc omitant Increases in re¬ 
hearsal time and psychological 
stress. 

The message from Intensive 
research over the past Tew years 
into the physical manifest a ti ons 
of over-use s y ndrome is very 
dear: the only cere is complete 
rest, often for a long period. This 
has obvious financial lapfica- 
tious for individual musicians as 
well as managers of orchestras. 

A long term cure could be the 
scfcooGng of yoog musicians in 
strengthening and relaxation ex¬ 
ercises. After all, notes 
Lockwood, it would bean bres- 
ponsible football coach who 
ignored physical conditioning: 
there seems no reason why the 
same cannot be applied re the 
teaching of music. 


Henry Gee 

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The Prince of Wales is support- 1 
ing a new music venture being' 
launched in Norfolk by Ruth 
Lady Fennoy. 

Lady Fermoy. a lady-in-wait¬ 
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Queen Mother and grand¬ 
mother of the Princess of Wales, 
has set up a trust under the 
Prince's patronage with the aim 
of bringing “beautiful music to 
beautiful churches". 

The Prince will attend the 
launching of “Music in Country 
Churches", with two concerts 
being held at Salle parish 
church, near Reepham, Norfolk, 
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1 ; Deyan Sudjic traces a legacy of American furniture design from a strict 18 th-century religious sect to a new London shop 



a plain 


faith 



Below right Slat-back Shaker chair in rock maple 
with canvas webbing seat £79 unassembled or £140 
1 assembled. “Enfield side table in rock maple, £135 or 

* £200. Shoemaker's candle-stand in rock maple, a 

reproduction of one from the Mount Lebanon 
community in New York State, £60 or £110 
Above: Two-drawer “sewing stand" table in rock 
mapie, £100 or £210. Oval boxes, reproduced to the 
- exact specifications of the Sabbath Lake community’s 

• boxes, hand-made in cherrywood and secured with 
: copper nails, £20-£50 each, or a set of six for £230. 

. Other hems available shown with Tim Lamb (right) are 
1 a low-back chair. £65 or £110; serving table In dear 
7 maple, £200 or £350; armless rocker, £120 or £220; 
and a cherrywood wall dock, £110 or £220 



Shaker champion: Tim Lamb with some of the touilmc and artefacts, mannfactured in Boston but faithful to the original deqpw nfShatur mmmunitiw^ that Ha wflUy yllmg lfnm fUay 



T hat the relics of a 
millenerian sect 
preaching such pro¬ 
foundly un-Ameri¬ 
can virtues as celi¬ 
bacy and communism should 
turn out to be among the most 
prized of American antiques 
is, on the face of it, about as 
likely as Ronald Reagan 
accepting a retirement pit 
from Colonel Gaddafi 
; In fact, h is a tribute to the 
skills of generations of Shakier 
craftsmen, and the quality of 
their furniture, which com¬ 
bines the rustic charm of 
handicraft with a simplicity 
and spare elegance that comes 
close to the minimalism of the 
Japanese. This unique combi¬ 
nation has given the Shaker 
style — if style is quite the right 
word for such a fervently held 
faith - the wide constituency 
it now has. It appeals to both 
the country house brigade, 
and to the matt-black modern¬ 
ist tendency. 

Fragments of reproduction 
Shaker work have been avail¬ 
able in Britain for a while. Sir 
Terence Conran, a long-time 
enthusiast, has included a 
number of Shaker-influenced 
furniture designs in the Habi¬ 
tat catalogue, and sells 
reproduction Shaker boxes 
and baskets at the Conran 
shop, and the Shaker look was 
a strong influence on the 
design of the huge new 
Armani shop opening in 
London next month. 

Now the graphic designer 
Tim Lamb — whose main 
claim to feme so fer has been 
the Next mail-order catalogue 
- has taken the whole thing a 
stage further. He has moved 
into retailing on his own 
account, and signed an agree¬ 
ment with Shaker workshops 
in America to import a range 
of reproduction Shaker fur¬ 
niture and arte lac is to sell in a 
Shaker shop in London. 


As a religion, Sbakerism, or 
the United Society of Believ¬ 
ers in the First and Second 
Appearance of Christ, is on its 
last legs. From a peak of 6,000 
members In 1840 the sect has 
dwindled to fewer than a 
dozen adherents, all — since 
tiie Shakers took the decision 
in 1965 to admit no new 
members — now in advanced 
old age. 

The Shakers (from “shaking 
Quakers’*—a name that came 
from their curious whirling 
dervish rituals) were not only 
celibate but extremely selec¬ 
tive about accepting converts. 
But the policies of the sect's 
founder, Ann Lee, an English¬ 
woman who moved to Amer¬ 
ica in the 1770s, have 
produced a remarkable legacy. 
She saw lust and violence as 
the root of most human evils; 
her antidote was to build self- 
sufficient communities in 
which believers lived as paci¬ 
fists and celibates. At one time 
there were 19 Shaker com¬ 
munes from Maine to Ken¬ 
tucky, supporting themselves 
by selling prodace, herbs, 
cosmetics, knitwear and fur¬ 
niture to the outside world. 

Unlike the Amish, with 
whom the Shakers are some¬ 
times compared, the sect was 
perfectly prepared to accept 
modem technology such as 
electricity and telephones, and 
even television and cars. What 
made them stand out was the 
remarkable quality of Shaker 
artefacts. “Trifles make 
perfection, but perfection is no 
trifle,** Mother Ann told the 
Shakers, for whom work was a 
form of religious worship. 

For the most part their 
designs were based on the 
models of the society around 
them, adapted to the particu¬ 
lar needs of life in a commune, 
in which all property was held 
jointly, and where uniformity 
and plainness, in everything 


from dress to tombstones, 
were seen as the most de¬ 
sirable of qualities. The Shak¬ 
ers abhored fuss and 
ostentation. They designed 
their buildings to be main¬ 
tained as simply as possible — 
hence the peg rail which lined 
the walls, on which they hung 
anything from hats to chairs to 
keep than out of the way. And 
they lavished considerable in¬ 
genuity on designing such 
remarkable artefacts as com¬ 
munal stoves that coaid warm 
dozens of flat irons simulta¬ 
neously, or sliding airing cup¬ 
boards for their laundries. 

“Beadings, mouldings and 
cornices which are merely for 
fenqy, may not be made by 
believers,” the Shakers’ code 
said. The society’s rules went 
so fer as to prescribe paint 
colours for every building in 
the whole commune. Since 
every chair, every work bench 
and every basket belonged to 
the community as a whole, 
and might be redeployed at 


any time, they were carefully 
made to avoid any sign of 
status or ornament What they 
all shared, however, was a 
remarkable grace that came 
from an extreme economy of 
means, and a ample pleasure 
taken in workmanship. Their 
quality was all the more 
remarkable since Shaker 
craftsmen were rarely special¬ 
ists, but would expect to work 
at a variety of join within the 
co mmuni ty — anything from 
barber to dentist and to farm 

hand 

Lamb’s reproductions are 
faithful to the tines of the 
Shaker originals. He is bring¬ 
ing in rocking chairs and 
tables, baskets and desks, 
available both in ltit form and 
ready-assembled for those 
who do not feel up to measur¬ 
ing themselves against the 
skills of the original Shakers. , 

For further details of the 
range, write to him at 27 ‘ 
Hancourt Street, London W] 
(01-724 5986). 


Coffee of a better colour 


Anyone who thinks that 
household accessories have to 
be dull should reconsider, 
Nicole Swengley writes. These 
stylish conical “Rio” coffee 
jugs and bullet-shaped 
“Nova” vacuum flasks come 
in a range of colours from pink 
and yellow to lilac and mint 
green. Available at cook shops 
and major department stores 
nationwide, they are useful 
for soups, liquid snacks such 

as Bovnl and late-night drinks 
as well as tea and coffee. They 
are made in tough, fracture- 
resistant plastic by Emsa, and 
have neat black handles and 
bases. Emsa makes a whole 
range of co-ordinated house¬ 
hold goods, from trays and 
tableware to spoons, spice 
racks and storage containera. 
And. for those brave souls still 
rucking into boiled eggs for 
breakfast, even the humble 
egg cup has been given the 
rainbow treatment. 



Above: Coffee jugs (left) and vacuum flasks from Emsa, £17.49 and £13.4® respectively 


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Moments altar the photo- SopwMiGuwlto &l 
muA left 'wss *o»mi oa- Hawker Hamcaae, owe ee 
22. 1910, Tommy bnmt of aerial defence in two 
wS ^Mhh hSSS wars and his «Ht i* 

Wri^“A*fe" mo-oplaae at «g«M 

Broofttends airfield after his development of the Harrier 

first flight as an untrained mural take off and landing 

l> *Efe emerged unscathed, the SitPeter MasefiehL himsetf 

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aviation pioneers of this yesterday: ™*I> w« 


century. 

Sr “Tommy" Sopwith, who 
died at his Hampshire home 

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would not be here today 
without him. During the f irst 
World War his aircraft made 


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from France la his yacht, he 
was awestruck tv the sight of a 
Neriot. monoplane passing 


eventually the RAF, and the 
Hurricane then won the Battle 
of Britain for ns, claiming 
more Hun 80 per cent of the 
victories. He was an original 


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to fly himsdf and, on landing 
in Folkestone, set about track¬ 
ing. dome a Brittskhdlt 
aircraft. 


Thomas Octave Murdoch 
Sopwith was a daredevil in fte 
broadest sense of the word, 
winning the Schneider Trophy 


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motor mechanic who had been 
rfflhhfmg hi aviation called 
Howard Wright Sopwith 
boiiRbr it fer £e30 on the spot 
and had ~it brought down to 
Btookfamds to test 
After teaching himself how 


to beating the Americans for 
the America’s Cap in the 
Endeavour, a yacht of his own 


But it was his organizing 
pnip g as well as his aero¬ 
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to tmd he took off and flew lead to the 

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few seconds- when the photo- aircraft aid 

graph was taken-before the produced by Hawk p r a f K ~f;. e> 


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aircraft Stalled and crashed. 
Within days he had bought a 
biplane made by the same 
firm. Having taagfat himself to 
fly a month later, he became 
the 31st person in Britain to 
hold an Aviator’s' Certi fi cate, 
the foienmnor of today’s Pri- 


Sir ‘Tommy” Sopwith, photographed on his 100th birthday, and his two most famous war-winning fighter aircraft, the Sopwith Camel, left, and the Hawker Hurricane. aircraft, t 


of which he remained chair¬ 
man until 1963. 

In bis last years he became 
l yimri ami was unable to see a 
spectacular flying display of 
many of hfe aircraft over his 
frpmap on his 100th birthday. 
Bat he heard the familiar rear 
and was obviously delighted. 

Obituary, page 12 



Kidney transplant crisis meeting 


ftrofiuwd ft®™ page 1 

W ’' L »' retrieve some of the money. 
ijfME™- MrFerhat Usta, the Turkish 

«, # was sent an letter on National 

tT Kidney Centre notepaper last 

.’^^@^-9 July to ease his passage 
■j fl • ll-through immigration. 

i v • The fetter was from Mr Ken 

Westall, who signed as admin- 
istralive director. 

' . 7 - >■ A long-time associate of Dr 

iLL-' Brocken, Mr Westall was not, 

in fact, employed by the centre 
s ' -.until January 1 this year. 

Mr John Cyster, chairman 
of the National Kidney Centre 
"W: v! trustees, yesterday sai± “Fol- 
Tjy lowing the report in The 

\ Times 1 have decided to call a 

meeting of the trustees as soon 
Dr Crockett photographed as possible.” 
tearing his home yesterday. Although he would not 


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discuss the agenda for that 
meeting, which could be held 
next week, it is understood 
that it will concentrate on Mr 
WestalTs actions, claims that 
the dialysis facilities were 
being used for patients await¬ 
ing transplants from paid-for 
donors, die financing of the 
centre, and Dr Crockett's 
future as medical director. 

• Istanbul — Unmoved by the 
authorities' attempts to stamp 
out the illegal sale of live 
organs, Istanbul's human kid¬ 
ney market was back in busi¬ 
ness yesterday with vendors 
charging up to £30,000 for a 
transplant (Nicholas Beeston 
writes). 

Driven by desperation, 
greed and ignorance, several 


men and women in their 20s 
and 30s advertised and wrote 
to newspapers offering to sell 
their kidneys. 

“You are the third caller I 
have had today,” a young man 
told me, boasting that his 
relative youth meant be could 
charge five times the going 
rate for his organ. 

He took out a classified 
advertisement in the Sabah 
newspaper under the heading 
“Miscellaneous", and gave his 
Mood group, the price and his 
telephone number. 

• Leading renal transplant 
surgeons called yesterday for a 
tightening of procedures for 
ensuring that living donors are 
related and that no money has 
changed hands. 


Bush denies 
China card 

Washington — President Bnsh 
said yesterday he had no 
Intention of “playing the 
China card” against the Soviet 
Union In his visit to Peking 
next month (Michael BSnyon 
writes). 

“Being that dose, ft just 
seemed like an appropriate 
visit," he said of the decision 
to return via Peking from 
Emperor Hirohito's ftmeraL 

He defended the caution be 
and General Brent Scowcroft, 
Ins National Security Adviser, 
have expressed over relations 
with Moscow bnt distanced 
himself slightly from General 
Scwcraffs assertion that the 
Cold-War was not over. 


Spring is here — but beware 


Continued from page 1 
fluctuations are the first evi¬ 
dence of the “greenhouse ef¬ 
fect”; the influence of a 
gigantic -area of colder than 
normal surface water in the 
Pacific called La Nina that 
appeared last spring; or 
changes created by the greater 
eneigy pouring from the Sun. 

The Danish Meteorological 
Office believes the unusual 
weather is “a purely random 
statistical phenomenon”. - 

Whatever the reasons be¬ 
hind it, the early arrival of 
spring has provoked some 
unusual sights. 

People are eating ice cream 
in Stockholm, sunbathing in 
Nice and wearing shorts, is 
Madison, Wisconsin. Robins 


have been seen in Chicago; 
shrubs are flowering in SeouL 
In West Germany,, doctors 
report a rash of typical spring 
ailments such as circulatory 
problems at a time when they 
would normally be treating 
skiing injuries. 

In the United Stales, where 
only the Rockies, the North¬ 
ern P lains and parts of New 
England have seen snow, 
scientists say colder than usual 
surface water off the South 
American coast, caused by La 
Nina, has disrupted the at¬ 
mosphere and driven winter 
storms southward. 

La Nina may have been 
responsible for last summer’s 
drought in the United States 
according to a new computer 


study by Dr Kevin Trenbeith 
and his team at the National 
Centre for Atmospheric Re¬ 
search in Boulder, Colorado. 

It had been blamed on the 
greenhouse.effect: the burning 
of fossil fuels and the dumping 
of pollutants into the at¬ 
mosphere leading to a global 
wanning of our planet. 

Dr-Trenberth and his team 
built a computer programme 
simulating circulation pat- 
tons in the atmosphere and 
fed in the unusual conditions 
that had been observed Iasi 
year. The result closely 
matched what actually hap¬ 
pened last summer high alti¬ 
tude winds that normally 
cany rain were shilled north¬ 
ward over Canada. 


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1 Ptmk has to ward off evil (5,4). 

6 Brooke's said to be a poet (S). 

9 Artist shows military leaders 
what a trench looks like (7). 

10 Outer covering of fruit — date 
VI 

11 Still more aggrieved when love 
is rejected byTring (5). 

12 A truism, there's no more to be 
said (5,4). 

14 Read out letter's last words 
dramatically (3). 

15 Appear to undergo conversion 

17 Palgrave, for instance, has left 
18m disarray (11). 

19 Dry atmosphere (3). 

20 In which I hunt down crooks (9). 

22 Foreign football regulations (5). 

24 I do more to make money (7). 

26 Move around in Lancashire 
town ox city (7). 

27 Black or possibly white piece, we 
hear (5). 

28 dressing, HI turn up in a hat 
So lrriM to Puzzle No 17,885 


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1 Oddly, took views that were 
slithy (5). 

2 Discourage private, removing 
his leader before Continental 
victory (7). 

3 Man approaching battlefield to 
give command that's tricky 
(3,6). 

4 Delighted cow went here (4,3,4). 

5 Duck can be found in duck- 
pond, I presume (3). 

6 Is extravagant with music (5). 

7 Jehu showed the way to be 
greedy (4-3). 

8 A risky business, to turn up 
without final witness (9). 

13 Not believing that Alice is arti¬ 
ficial (II). 

14 President gives one up daily (9). 
16 After having a friend on the side 

(9). 

18 Attracting attention in London 

( 7 ). 

19 AU right — I'll admit it quickly 

21 Ship about to be wrecked (1-4). 
23 Mark’s second kiss (5). 

25 Decline to live up to a brilliant 
start (3). 

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possible definitions is correct? 
By Philip Howard 
FULL-FRILLS 

a. A peacock display 

b. With all the t r im m i ngs 

c. A type of inching 
HAPTIC 

a. To do with touching 

b. Arabic backgammon 

c. A laughter twitch 
TALIPOT 

a. A winning shot 

b. A palm tree 

c. A chocolate mousse 
JARK 

a. To vomit 

b. A fraudulent seal 

c. Boiled tripe 

Answers on page 14 


The winners of last Saturday’s 
competition are: R F Holder. 339 
Maidenhead Rd. Windsor. Berks; J 
M Garsuch. Mayhews. Berks Hill, 
Chorieywood. Hens: A Hutu. 73 
Hammenvood Rd. Ashurst Wood. 
East Grinstead, Sussex; D H' JVjcol- 
son. Darwin College, Cambridge; P 
A' Storey, J3 Southwood Court 
London iVWJJ. ’ 


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SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


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Executive Editor 
David Brewerton 


THE POUND 


US dollar 
1.7605 (-0.0125) 

W German mark 
3.2710 (+0.0025) 

Exchange index 

98.1 (same) 


STOCK MARKE 


FT 30 Share 

1638.9 (+37.6) 

FT-SE 100 

2005.9 (+46.1) 

USM (Datastream) 
157.68 (+2.08) 


GEC legal 
action 

GHC is taking legal action to 
prevent Plesscv from assum-, 
ing full control of GPT. their 
jointly-owned telecommuni¬ 
cations company. This month, 
Plessey sensed notice of its 
intention to exercise its option 
to buy out GEC, claiming that 
the proposed £1.7 billion joint 
takeover of Plessey by Sie¬ 
mens and GEC was a breach 
of agreements. 

Gold drops 

Gold was fixed below $400 an 
ounce for the first time since 
October 5, with' dealers 
attributing the decline to the 
continued strength of equities 
and oplions-rclated selling. 
The London afternoon fix was 
S399.75. 


STOCK MARKETS 


New York 

Dow Jones- 2333.57 (+42-50)* 

Tokyo 

Nikkei Average 31646.13 (+134.32) 
Hong Kong: 

Hang Seng.2956.95 (+46.381 

Amsterdam: Gen_ 309.1 (+1.9) 

Sydney: AO.. 1542.6 (+2.6) 

Frankfurt 

Commerzbank__ 16S6.4 (+116) 

Brussels: 

r General.5790.8 (+12) 

Paris: CA.C__n)a 

Zurich: SKA Gen-542J2 (+0.3) 

London: 

FT.—A All-Share.. n/a 

FT- "SOO"....n/a 

FT. Gold Wines ..173.9 (+0.7) 

FT. Fixed interest — 97.12 (-0.17) 

FT. Govt Secs.. 68.78 (+029) 

Recent issues Page IB 

Closing prices Page 21 

MAIN PRICE CHANGES 

RISES; 

Bass.—--895p( 

Barclays Bank .. 464’^p (+20p' 

MAM..425p (+33p) 

Tate & Lyle-242p (+18p) 

Henderson Admin ..... 7l5p (+35p) 

Redland-- 476p (+I5p) 

Ward While ... 257* p (+2 Ip) 

GKN .. 348p(+17p) 

Kershaw'A' . 605p(+50p) 

Rank Org.B22p (+39p) 

Bowater —--....... 453p (+22p) 

Cookson. 308!*p(+22p) 

BICC.-. 442 , /*p(+18p) 

General Accident ... 295vip (+23p) 

Sun Lite.960p |+22p' 

Pearson.- 7i9p (+26p 

PoWv Peck.313p i+20p) 

FALLS: 

Hogg Robinson ..... I45)ip(-18p) 

G Oliver...- 515p(-l0p) 

Barton Transport- 625p(-25p) 

4pm prices 

Bargains __—....— 50982 

SEAQ volume.— 1169.2m 

INTEREST RATES 

London: Bank Base: 13% 

3-month Interbank 13-12 ""u.% 
3-month eligible Ml8:12"j.'-l2y»% 
buying rale 
US: Prime Rate 10^% 

Federal Funds 9W 

3-rrronih Treasury Bills 8-35-8.34%* 

3D-year bonds I02"n.-I02--V?* 

CURRENCIES 


December trade figures lift FT-SE index through 2,000 level 


Shares surge to post-crash high 


By Michael Clark 
The London stock market 


More than £10 billion was 
added to the value of Britain's 


yesterday enjoyed one of publicly quoted companies as 
its best performances illveslors chased share prices 
since the crash, helped by shai ? ,y sending the 

better-than-exoected mar ! iet surging back through 
December AgfiSg 

1 -- ^r- — W E&flH a Monday, in October 1987. 


months of £1.47 billion and 
£2.33 billion. 

Imports of consumer goods 
slowed down, while export 
volume increased. Analysts 
concluded that, as expected, 
high interest rates wens 
squeezing domestic demand. 


and that industry was turning run. 


early trade rose 44 points to 
2^35.36. 

The FT-SE 100 has now 
leapt 223 points this year, or 
almost 12 per cent. Some 
brokers were confidently 
forecasting last night that the 
market still had some way to 


N pA At one stage, the FT-SE 100 
_ _ rrl 'i r / c was 57 points up, but even- 

M I- L. s: / 4" tually closed 46.1 higher at 

a jy iasj lH I 1 2,005.9. It is now just 46.4 
m « points short of the 2,052.3 it 

Av, ^ Stood at on the morning of 

Black Monday, when £55 
billion was wiped from share 
Mpf values in a day. The market's 

~~~ bigh of 2,443.4 was 

achieved on July 16, 1987. 

/ jt PMj ft ^ ™7 At £1.26 billion, the Decem- 

' iBI # ber current account deficit was 

••• at least £250 million lower 

- * . . fa than the average of market 

--—-J expectations. This compared 

“I know we fired you all — with downwards-revised fig- 
but that was last week.** ures for the previous two 


Brittan urges 
UK to back 
‘one-stop’ 
merger policy 

From Michael Dynes, Brussels 
Sir Leon Briitan, the Euro- clarification of the present 


its attention from home to 
foreign markets. 

Exports totalled £7.12 bil¬ 
lion and imports £8.77 billion 
with an estimated surplus on 
invisible trade of £400 
million. 

London appears to have 
taken its cue from Wall Street, 
which this week saw equity 
markets dose at pre-crash 
levels for the first time, 
boosted by a stronger dollar 
and the resolve of President 
Bush's administration to fight 
the growing trade deficit The 
Dow Jones industrial average 
continued its advance, and in 


The number of shares 
traded also touched post-crash 
record levels, with Seaq, the 
Stock Exchange's comput¬ 
erized trading system, han¬ 


dling more than 1 billion 
alpha and beta shares during 
the day. 

Dealers and fund managers 
greeted the trade figures 
enthusiastically. Phone lines 
throughout the City were 
jammed as investors scurried 
to jump on the bandwagon. 

Trading became so frantic 
that, at one stage, a “fast 
market" developed on dealers’ 
trading screens. This meant 
that prices were treated as 


FTSE lOOs through 2000 again 2 


DOW JONES INDEX. 


1937- 
S O N 


indicative and that market- 
makers were not obliged to 
trade at the prices quoted by 
them on their screens. 

The market-makers re¬ 
sponded by marking prices 
sharply higher across the 
board In an effort to deter 
buyers and hang on to what 
little stock they had on their 
books. They have been 
haunted by stock shortages 
since the market first started 
its rally early in the new year. 

One gloomy market-maker 
commented: "Most market- 
makers had been praying for a 
trade deficit of £8 billion m 
order to deter the buyers,'’ 

Mr Trevor Pullen, global 
securities adviser with the 
Prudential one of the City's 
biggest financial institutions, 
said on Channel 4's Business 
Daily. "The UK equity mar¬ 
ket has only one way to go 
during 1989 - and that is up." 
He said the market was still 


Rower Express looks for fast growth 


pcan Community's commis¬ 
sioner in charge of com¬ 
petition policy, yesterday 
implicitly called on the British 
Government to abandon its 
long-standing opposition to 
increased EEC powers to vet 
all large-scale mergers. 

In a speech likely to raise 
eyebrows at the Department' 
of Trade and Industry, Sir 
Leon said the business comm¬ 
unity had clearly demon¬ 
strated its support for the idea 
of a “one-stop shop” for 
merger control. 


position. 

“What they would like is a 
system whereby, in the case of 
smaller mergers they would be 
subject to only national 
regulation while in the case 
of the really large mergers 
which have implications for 
the whole of the Community, 
the European Commission 
would have the power to 
intervene, and companies 
would not normally need to be 
concerned about the national 
regulatory authorities.” 

The proposed regulation 



“It really does not make would help reduce bureau- 
sense for large mergers to be cracy, simplify the regulations 


subject to scrutiny by,'for 
example, both the Monopolies 
Commission and the Euro¬ 
pean Commission,” Sir Leon 
said during his first public 
statement on the controversial 
theme of new Community 
powers to regulate mergers. 

"In order to pursue an 
effective competition policy 
the Commission must have 
the necessary tools. But some- 
limes the Commission can 
only act after the event 
Attempting to unscramble the 
omelette is bound to be bad 
for business.” he said in the 
Procter & and Gamble lecture 
at Newcastle University. 

“ft is not suprising therefore 
that business is increasingly 
asking for a simplification and 


and “remove one whole tier of 
possible intervention.” 

Sir Leon said there was a 
broad consensus in favour of 
the merger proposal, and be 
asked member states "to re¬ 
spond to these legitimate de¬ 
mands and to accept the logic 
of the interna] market en¬ 
deavour by adopting the 
regulation." 

The Commissi cm is seeking 
powers to vet in advance all 
mergers where the combined 
turnover involved exceeds 
£690 million, except where the 
company being taken over has 
an annual turnover of less 
than £33 million or where 75 
per cent of the merged com¬ 
panies are in a single member 
state. 


Flower Express, the franchise operation hacked by Hill Samuel Investment Sendees, is looking for 80 franchisees this year 
and wants 230 within three years. Managing director Vance Raeburn, above, met potential franchisees in Bristol yesterday- 


London Life again 
backs merger with 
Australian Mutual 


Date for new SE rule 


By Maria Scott 


London; 

£; SI-7605 
£: DM3.2710 
£: SwFr2.7816 
£: FFr11.1264 

£: Yen227.63 
£-. lndex:9S.1 


New York: 

& $1.7595* 

S: DM1.0627* 
$: SwFrl.5865* 
S: FFr63340* 

S: Yen 129.15* 
S: lnriex:67.3 


GrandMet in asset 
swap with Walker 


By Cliff Feltham 


ECU £0.637729 SDR £0-743843 

GOLD 

London Fixing: 

AM S402.05 pm-$399.75 
Close 5399.00-399.50 (£226.50- 
227.00) 

New York: 

Corrwx $399.20-399.70" 

NORTH SEA OIL 

Brent (Fed) pm $16.25bW ($16.60) 
- Denotes latest trading price 


THE TIMES 



Mr George Walker, the former 
boxer, is moving into belting 
shops for the first lime as pan 
of a mullMTiillion pound asset 
swap with Grand Met¬ 
ropolitan. 

Brent Walker will take over 
1 19 licensed betting offices in 
London and the South-east 
and 26 tenanted pubs in East 
Anglia. It will also collect £19 
million in cash from 
GrandMet. In return, it will 
hand over 52 larger managed 
pubs which GrandMet will 
convert into Chef & Brewer 
and Bcmi Inns. 


acquired in its £330 million 
takeover of William Hill at the 
end of last year. 

Mr Wilfred Aquilina, fi¬ 
nance director of Brent 
Walker, said: “We have been 
looking at betting shops for 
sometime. We plan to mod¬ 
ernize them and make them 
more comfortable and grow 
the business when suitable 
acquisitions come along.” 

The pubs Brent Walker is 
selling were acquired when it 
took over the Tolly Cobbold 
and Cameron breweries. 

Grand Metropolitan is to 


After eight months of heated 
and often acrimonious debate, 
members of London Life, the 
insurance company, yesterday 
voted for a second time in 
favour of a plan to merge with 
Australian Mutual Provident. 

London Life secured a 
majority of just more than 90 
per cent, compared with 85 
per cent in the vote taken last 
year. A total of 289,942 votes 
were cast in the second vote, 
261,526 of which were in 
favour and 28,416 against. 

The votes were cast by pro¬ 
xy and by a ballot held at the 
end of a four-hour extraordin¬ 
ary meeting at the Grosvenor 
House hotel, central London. 

The second vote was con- 


but the London Life board still 
faced fierce questioning from 
some members. 

It emerged that the com¬ 
pany is feeing costs of £3 
million in connection with its 
protracted attempt to merge 
with AMP. 

Mr Oliver Dawson, presi¬ 
dent of London Life, revealed 
the figure after being ques¬ 
tioned by Mr Stephen 
Walkley, a policyholder. Mr 
Walkley said London Life's 
merger plans were now 
“tarnished”. 

About 570 members at¬ 
tended the meeting, 

A number of members 
continued to press for the 
reopening of-negotiations with 


The new Stock Exchange rule 
ending the obligation of firms 
that make markets in shares or 
depository receipts to deal 
with each other at their pub¬ 
licly-quoted prices will come 
into force on February 13. 

The Exchange has yet to set 
a date when firms must report 
transactions within three min¬ 


utes. instead of the present 
five minutes. The rule changes 
are subject to vetting by the 
Office of Fair Trading. 

The changes should make 
market-making more profit 
able by reducing the ability of 
small market-makers to feed 
off those with larger capital. 

Kenneth Fleet, page 19 


discounting the risk of failure 
of the Government’s eco¬ 
nomic policy and was, there¬ 
fore, still cheap. 

“The market's recent strong 
performance has followed an 
absence of bad economic 
news, the institutions now 
seeing the slowdown in the 
economy coming through and 
perhaps, the peaking of in¬ 
terest rates”, be added. 

• Unit trust groups on the 
historic pricing system were 
forced to revalue their UK 
funds after the strong rise in 
the market (Vivien Goldsmith 
writes). 

Under new rules in force 
since July, those unit trust 
dealing on an historic basis are 
forced to revalue if the rele¬ 
vant index moves by more 
than 2 per cent since the last 
valuation. 

Stock Market, page 20 
Prices, page 21 


Maxwell 
plans to 
keep stake 
in GMH 

By Richard Thomson 

Banking Correspondent 

Mr Robert Maxwell, the pub¬ 
lisher who owns nearly 15 per 
cent of Guinness Mahon 
Holdings (GMH). is not plan¬ 
ning to sell his stake in the 
merchant bank whose owner¬ 
ship is now up for sale. Lord 
Kissin is also expected to hold 
on to his 5 per cent 
shareholding. 

Bankers believe this will 
make it difficult to dispose of 
the 61 per cent shareholding 
being sold by a syndicate of 28 
banks. NM Rothschild, the 
merchant bank appointed to 
handle the sale, will have to 
find a buyer who is willing to 
purchase a large stake without 
gaining 100 per cent The 
Takeover Panel will not oblige 
the buyer to make a foil bid for 
GMH. 

The stake is now owned by 
the syndicate of banks, led by 
Samuel Montagu, after the 
collapse of Equiticorp- the 
New Zealand group. The 
shares were held as securin' by 
the banks on a £100 million 
loan still outstanding to 
Equiticorp. 

Despite the difficulties, Mr 
Geoffrey Bell, chairman of 
GMH, said that he hoped a 
buyer for the 61 per cent stake 
would be found within the 
next few weeks. 

It is unlikely that Mr Max¬ 
well will bid for GMH. 




ducted because the Court of Equitable Life, the British 
Appeal overturned the first insurance company. Equitable 


Mr Allen Sheppard, chair- close its Brick Lane brewery in 
man of Grand Metropolitan, Spitalfields, London, after 


one on the petition of Mr 
Julian Byng, a London Life 
policy holder, over the con¬ 
duct of the meeting held last 
October to consider the 
merger. 

That meeting broke up in 
uproar after it became clear 
that the venue, the Barbican 
Centre, London, was too small 
to comfortably accommodate 
all those who attended. It was 
adjourned to the Cafe Royal, 


said recently that it would still 
be interested in merging with 
London Life if the AMP plan 
was called off. 

London Life's plan to merge 
with AMP must now be 
considered by the High Court 
in a hearing due to be held on 
February 13. 

Mr Richard Wales, general 
manager of AMP's British 
operations stressed that the 
company did not consider the 


had been keen to unload some 
of the 1,700 betting shops it 


more than 300 years. It em¬ 
ploys 195 people. 


Piccadilly, where a ballot was court hearing a formality and 
taken. that policyholders would be 

Yesterday's meeting was or- able to put their views to the 
derly compared with the first, court. 


& Market news on Stock- 
watch yesterday included: 
atler better-than-expected 
trade figures, notable 
gains for SG Warburg 
(02581), up 14p and Ward 
White (01946), up I9p on 
consortium bid hopes. 
Favourable comment 
lifted Ladbroke (02640) 
I3p and WPP (02197) 

| i5p. Hopes of lower 
j interest rates encouraged 
] retail and property stocks, 
i GUS A (02610) jumping 
I 29 p and MEPC (01081) 
making 19p.. 
a Calls charged 5p for 8 
seconds peak, 12 seconds 
| off peak inc. VAT. 

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Lloyd’s members may have to pay more than agreed £48m 


Search for PCW losses again m vam 


By Margarets Pagano 

Some of the sharpest accountancy brains 
in the business have once again foiled to 
establish the real extent of the losses 
incurred by the PCW syndicates, now 
handled by Lioncover. 

This means that the Society ofUoyd’s 
could eventually have to pay more than 
the £48 million contributed to the PCW 
settlement fund agreed in 1987. 

At the time, Lloyd's estimated lhat the 
gross liabilities to December 1985 were 
£680 million, which would be met over 
the next 20 years. There are now fears 
(hat (his figure could be considerably 
higher. 

Mosl of the claims arise from in¬ 
surance. US liability risks and asbestosis 
underwritten before 1982 by PCWs Mr 
Peter Cameron-Webb and Mr Peter 


Dixon. Both men are now in the United 
States despite Serious Fraud Office 
warrants for their a/resL 
Doubts over the final outcome of 
PCW’s liabilities arose following Ernst & 
Whinney’s decision to qualify heavily 
the first annual accounts, for the year to 
December 31. 1987, of Lioncover, the 
company set up to handle IJCW’s affairs. 

Ernst & Whinney and Lioncover are 
unable to quantify the reserves required 
against insurance claims the company 
may have to pay in 20 years. 

Accountants are still at a loss to 
establish what part of Pew's losses was 
due to fraud or ted underwriting. 

PCW names, however, will be pro¬ 
tected from any further payments. The 
1987 settlement, to which they contrib¬ 
uted, relieved them of all further 


obligations towards the syndicates. 
Lloyd’s said yesterday that although it 
accepted the prospect that the final 
claims could be higher, it hoped that the 
fends on deposit would produce enough 
to cover expected losses. 

Ernst & Whinney said it was “unable 
to express an opinion” about whether the 
accounts complied with the Companies 
Act, because of “uncertainties which 
may materially affect the company’s 
position.” 

It added that it cannot satisfy itself “as 
to the adequacy or otherwise” of 
Lioncover's claims reserve of £284.2 
million. The main question mark is over 
the amounts owed to Lioncover by other 
insurers, and the reliability of recording 
of certain underwriting transactions 
prior to July 1987. 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


Oil chiefs 
set to talk 
on output 

By David Young 
' Energy Correspondent 

A meeting between Opec and 
non-member oil producing 
countries al full ministerial 
level is being planned to dis¬ 
cuss how the two groups can 
co-operate in trimming world 
oil output to send the price up. 

Opec’s general secretary. Dr 
Subroto, the former Indone¬ 
sian oil minister, said such a 
meeting is now inevitable 
following this week’s London 
meeting. 

No agreement was reached, 
and Dr Subroto said a min¬ 
isterial meeting would be the 
next stage in deliberations. 

The non-Opec producers - 
who include Mexico, Egypt, 
Angola, Malaysia, Oman, Ye¬ 
men and Colombia — have 
previously offered to cut out¬ 
put by 5 per cent if Opec 
countries offered similar cuts, 
but this was rejected. 

Norway. Russia and the 
states of Texas, Alaska and the 
Province of Alberta attended 
the talks as observers and are 
likely to attend a full min¬ 
isterial meeting of Opec 1 
Britain, however, has consis¬ 
tently refused to co-operate 
with the cartel. 

Initial market reaction to 
the London talks ending with 
no more than a commitment 
to consider proposals sent 
prices in New York down 40 
cents to S17.42 a barrel, while 
London Brent crude dropped 
to around S16.10, having been 
near $ 18 earlier in the week. 


Bush concern about buyouts 


From Bailey Morris 
Washington 

President George Bush has let 
it be known that he has a 
“gnawing feeling” that the 
wave of takeovers and lever¬ 
aged buyouts which has swept 
across corporate America is 
not in the best, long term 
interest of the US economy. 

But Mr Bush has also re¬ 
vealed, in remarks relayed this 
week by Mr Nicholas Brady, 
the Treasury Secretary, that he 
is uncertain how to cure the 
problem without creating an 
even worse upheaval in world 
financial markets. 

The dilemma outlined by 
Mr Bush was echoed this week 
by Congressional leaders who 
revealed, after three days of 
high-level hearings, that they 
were uncertain how to proceed 
in drafting new legislation to 
curb takeovers. 

There appeared to be a 
consensus, based on tes¬ 
timony from witnesses rang¬ 
ing from Mr Alan Greenspan, 
chairman of the US Federal 
Reserve Board to Mr T Boone 
Pickens, who described him¬ 
self as a reformed corporate 
raider, that something should 
be done. But no one was quite 
certain how to proceed. 

The debate in the US has 
broad ramifications for mar¬ 
kets in Europe where the 
concept of big, hostile take¬ 
overs is also becoming a tact 
of life. The recent, failed 
attempt by an international 
consortium to mount a hostile 
takeover of Britain’s General 
Electric Company revealed 



Testimony from across the spectrum: Alan Greenspan (left), and T Boone Pickens 
that in Europe, as in the US, struments of the sort em- Bank in testimony this week, 
no large corporation can be ployed by the high yield bond summed up views of many 
considered invulnerable. fund created by Drexel high-level officials when he 


no large corporation can be 
considered invulnerable. 

Indeed, Europe’s policies 
concerning takeovers, in light 
of the 1992 reforms, are only 
beginning to be articulated in 
(he context of a truly inter¬ 
national trading community. 

The US example; to be set 
in the Erst year of the Bush 
Administration when both the 
US Treasury and an unprece¬ 
dented number of congres¬ 
sional committees are sched¬ 
uled to offer their own solu¬ 
tions, will be closely watched. 

Is Europe ready for lever¬ 
aged buyouts similar to the 
record $2S billion (£14.14 
billion) purchase of RJR Nab¬ 
isco by Kohlbeig Kravis & 
Roberts# Will it embrace the 
export of US financing in- 


Burnham Lambert in hopes of stated that the Fed’s main 
creating a junk bond opera- concern was the creation of 


lion for Europe? 

Poes Europe regard the 
build-up of debt and the 
breaking up of many of its 
large corporations as a threat 
that outweighs the efficiencies 
and creation of shareholder 
wealth that can result from 
takeovers? Britain, which has 
set the pace of European 
activity with 295 management 
buyouts valued at $6.9 billion 
in 1988, is to be the test case. 

This is one reason the 
debate under way in the US is 
so important to investors on 
both sides of the Atlantic. 

Mr Greenspan, who gave 
the views of the US Central 


massive debt associated with 
takeovers. 

“Massive failure of these 
loans could have broader ram¬ 
ifications/* Mr Greenspan 
warned, not only for the US 
economy but for the inter¬ 
national banking community. 

Mr Greenspan said, how¬ 
ever, that he believed that the 
wave of debt-financed take¬ 
overs in the US had peaked 
and for that reason he recom¬ 
mended against a broad, leg¬ 
islative response. 

Mr Brady, in expressing his 
own concerns and the Presi¬ 
dent’s gnawing fears, said that 
the Bush Administration was 


likely to focus its efforts on tax 
reforms and on other incen¬ 
tives to encourage US corpor¬ 
ations to persue long term 
growth policies. It was in this 
context that he said that he 
_ favoured the removal of the 
double taxation of dividends 
which had put US corpora¬ 
tions at a disadvantage and 
had encouraged the build-up 
of short-term debt. 

There was strong support, 
expressed at the hearings con¬ 
ducted by the Senate Finance 
Committee, for large reduc¬ 
tions in the US capital gains 
tax but there was also the 
recognition that this was un¬ 
likely to occur in this era of big 
budget deficits. 

Senator Lloyd Bentsen, who 
predicted at the outset of (he 
hearings that Congress would 
pass new restrictive legislation 
this year, closed out the week 
with a different response. 

“I want a cure that is not 
worse than the disease and 1 
have not found it yet,” Mr 
Bentsen said. He said that 
both Congress and the Busb 
Administration were con¬ 
strained, on one hand, by the 
size of the federal deficit and 
on the other, by “the nervous¬ 
ness of world financial 
markets.” 

There also appeared to be 
strong agreement with the 
views of Mr Pickens that the 
management of companies 
involved in LBOs has profited 
to an unreasonable degree. In 
the Nabisco buyout, Mr Pic¬ 
kens said that the “manage¬ 
ment clearly tried to steal the 
assets from the shareholders.” 


MiUward Brown leap 
onnews of bid talk_ 

sass g'S Bi 

on news of a possible bid app „ . agencies analyst at 

short of £15 million. Mr Mar , ^jLielv put forward two 
PhilHps & Drew, fist-^ro win S advertising agency, 

possible suitors - WPP, jSjpg operation which last 

a ndMAl,theposters-to-nione>brokmg^ 

year lost out in its « &*■*£* JJfSell. 
market research group* Mr erdav that “pretimi- 

A statement from MM \3kR 

unstable 

for comment* 

Interim loss Profits faU at 
for Molinare Software firm 

Shares in Molinare Visions. Shares in Telecompoting, 
the USM-quoted film and the IWist^Secmti^^ 
video d rod action company ket supplier of soitware 
*b«tre WH Smith has a 51 products for mart™ c “”‘ 
per cent stake, fell 3p to 31p peters, fell l«p to98pfono» 
following the news of a pre- mg a pre-tax m i of 
tax lossof £65,000 in the six £194.000. 
months to November 30. profits of £*86.000 for the 
This compares with a profit year to end-Septerata-This 

of £320.000 in the 11 months follows 
to November 30. !987. There a loss of £139.000 m the tost 
is no interim dividend. The half. The loss per * 
loss per share is 0.2p, down 1.83p. down from ea-nings of | 
from earnings of lip last 12.14p. There is no dividend, i 

(l-5p last tune). j 

KLP share earning fall 

KLP Group, the sales promotion consultancy with direct mall 
interests, suffered a fall in earnings per share from J8.14p to 
13.72p in tiie year to September 30, partly as a result of the 
postal shrike. Pre-tax profits increased from £2A5mmmn to 
£2S? ntilBn n on turnover op almost doable to £60-58 million. 
The th»»t dividend is 4-4p. making a 6J5p total (5p). 

The company also announced that it is to seek approval 
from shareholders to buy its own shares on the stock 
nctoy. The effects of last year’s rationalization will be 
reflected in the current year's results, it was claimed. 


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trust ahead 

Independent Investment Co_ 
tiie investment trust, reports 
a leap in pre-tax profits from 
£375,000 to £994,000 in the 
six months to end-December. 
Income from shares and 
securities doubled to £1.47 
milli on- Earnings per Share 
jump from 0.20 p to 0.73p. 
Net asset value stands at 
69-45p per share, op from a 
pervious 5I.76p. The shares 
were op from 56V«p to 58p. 


Dunton rises 
to £504,000 

Dunton, the engineering and 
property group, almost dou¬ 
bled pre-tax profits from 
£261,000 to £504.000 in the 
six months to end-Norecv 
ber. The dividend was 0.48p 
(0.26p) and sales were £2.2 
milli on (£1.4 million). The 
company has paid £2 million 
cash for two-thirds of an 
industrial estate at Barton, 
Bedfordshire, from a subsid¬ 
iary of Holywell Property. 



Statement to Panel 

Noverco and Unigesco, the two Canadian investment 
companies which have built up a near 5 per cent holding in 
Ultramar* the independent oQ company, have explained to the 
Takeover Panel that they are continuing to examine all the 
options available. They bad been asked by the Panel to make 
a statement after a spate of reports that a bid for Ultramar 
was about to be made. 

Ultramar has most of Us refining and marketing assets in 
Canada. A 14 per cent stake in Ultramar is held by Sir Ron 
Brierley, die New Zealand businessman. 


Post boost 
for TNT 
Mailfast 

By Colin Narbroogh 

TNT Mailfast, the world's 
leading private postal service, 
is next month launching a 
range of international reply 
services that are expected to at 
least double its S3 million 
(£1.69 million) a week turn¬ 
over in the next 12 months. 

The subsidiary of TNT is 
focusing more on the direct 
selling and mail order mar¬ 
kets, building on its success in 
providing services to banks, 
other financial institutions 
and universities. 

Mr Peter Moorhouse. Mail- 
fast's worldwide general man¬ 
ager. said the reply service will 
be the biggest growth market 1 
TNT Mailfast and the inter¬ 
national direct marketing bus¬ 
iness has seen for some time. 

The reply services will give 
companies the use of TNTs 
PO box addresses in 32 coun¬ 
tries and enable users to use 
reply paid envelopes for which 
only local postage is required. 


Aviva plans 
sell-off 
at Viking 

By Our City Staff 

Aviva Petroleum, the re- 
named Jackson Exploration 
yesterday sent out the offer 
document for the £22 million 
takeover of Viking Resources, 
the investment trust specializ¬ 
ing in oil and gas shares. 

If successful, the bid win 
effectively amount to a rights 
issue, since Aviva plans to sell 
the bulk of Viking's oil and gas 
share portfolio. 

The new met a cool resp¬ 
onse at Viking, which is telling 
shareholders to lake no action 
pending its formal reply. 

Aviva, which picked up a 
15.3 per cent stake in Viking 
from Mr Alan Bond and an 
option on a further 19.1 per 
cent from Sir Ron Brierley, 
had talks with Viking last 
week. 

They have not been able to 
agree a price, and Aviva is 
going direct to shareholders 
with a 55p a share cash offer. 
Viking rose 2p to 5 7'tip. 


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Bank offers BS the chance 

to buy German steel trader 


MONEY 19 


By Colin Narb rough 

Sle *! has ^en invited j n io BS as it was prepared for 


by West Germany's leading 
bank to buy the steel trading 
arm of the KJockner group — 
an acquisition that would give 
BS the bridgehead it wants in 
Europe. 

The unprecedented move 
by Deutsche Bank, a powerful 
Steen ng force behind West 
German industry, especially 
steel, was immediately seen in 
the City as a golden opportu¬ 
nity for Sir Robert Scholey, 
the BS chairman, to pul his 
company's mounting cash sur¬ 
plus to work in a significant 
strategic acquisition. 

Acquiring the Duisburg 
company in its present form 
would give BS the West 
Germans’ premier steel trader, 
and 18 per cent of Kiockner- 
Werke, one of the country’s 
big steelmakers. 

BS would need just 7 per 
cent more of Klockner-Werke 
to reach a 25 per cent blocking 
minority that would allow it to 
veto board decisions it did not 
like. 

West German industry of¬ 
ficials made it clear yesterday 
that if BS bought the steel 
trader, which fell into Deut¬ 
sche's hands last, autumn after 
huge losses were revealed, it 
could present a serious threat 
to West German steel. 

' r ne massive aid injected 


fioiation have already pro¬ 
voked the West Germans into 
a European Court action over 
the payment of £930 million 
of subsidies to BS. An ac¬ 
quisition is likely to trigger a 
political storm. 

But Deutsche has its mind 
set firmly on 1992 and its goal 
of becoming a bank for all of 
Europe. 

Deutsche pumped in the 
equivalent of £125 million to 
pm Klockoer back on its feet, 
but the restructured firm is 
likely to command a price well 
above £300 million. 

BS shares moved sharply 
higher on news of the 
KJockner talks, which fulfilled 
market expectations that BS 
was about to take to the 
takeover trail. KJockner-Wer¬ 
ke shares rose DM16 to 
DM163.5 (£50). 

Dr Herbert Gienow, Klo- 
ckner-Werke’s chief executive, 
disclosed Deutsche's discuss¬ 
ions with BS and other ua- 
-imed companies on Thurs¬ 
day. 

A BS spokesman confirmed 
‘he approach, but would not 
go detail. “We are consid¬ 

ering our position.” he said, 
nonog that Sir Robert has 
made no secret ofhis desire to 
increase BS*s tiny 2 per cent 
share of the European market. 


-..V.-hs 



Bridgehead opportunity: Sir Robert has the money to bay 


New index 
for HK 
shares 

Hong Kong shares will be 
represented by a new index 
from next month — the All 
Ordinaries Index. 

It will consist of all the 
ordinary shares listed on the 
Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 
excluding foreign shares and 
any which have been sus¬ 
pended for more than one 
year. 

The new index will supple¬ 
ment the existing Hang Seng 
Index and the Hong Kong 
Index. 

The index figure will be 
calculated by dividing the 
total market value of all the 
exchange’s ordinaiy shares at 
current market prices by the 
total market value of all 
ordinary shares at the base 
date — April 2, 1986, the day 
when trading started on the 
unified Stock Exchange — and 
multiplying by 1,000. 

Crown soars 

Crown Communications 
Group, owner of the London 
Broadcasting Company 
(LBC).announced pre-tax 
profits almost trebled from 
£906.000 to £3.12 million, on 
turnover of £8.63 million 
(£7.38 million) in the year to 
end-September. Earnings per 
share rose 2.3p to I2.1p. The 
final dividend is 3p. There was 
no dividend in the previous 
year. 

Cauldon ahead 

Cauldon Group made profits 
of £271.000 before tax in the 
year to end-September. Be¬ 
cause of a change in the year- 
end. comparable figures are 
for the three months to end- 
September 1987, when the 
company made a £100,000 
loss. There is oo dividend. 

Baldwin rise 

Baldwin, the leisure, printing 
and property group, saw pre¬ 
tax profits rise from £1 million 
to £2,15 million in the six 
months to October 10. The 
dividend is up 1.15p (Ipi. 
while earnings per share are 
12.5p(8.8p>. 

£4m buyout 

KAW Engineering, the Wol¬ 
verhampton specialist en¬ 
gineer, and KA MacLaine, its 
Glasgow sister company, are 
being bought out by their 
management in a £4 million 
deal arranged by County 
NatWesL 

Marwan stake 

Dr Ashraf Marwan. the Egyp¬ 
tian financier, and funds 
under his management yes¬ 
terday emerged as a 10 per 
cent shareholder in Bear 
Brand. the tights 
manufacturer. 


Davies seeks backers 
in a bid for Wimpey 


Mr David Davies, former 
chief executive of Hill Samuel, 
the merchant bank, is sound¬ 
ing out potential backers of a 
consortium bid for George 
Wimpey, the housebuilding 
and property group, according 
to City sources. 

Mr Davies, who has long 
experience in the property 
world — at MEPC and Hong¬ 
kong Land — has been seeking 
fresh opportunities since be 
left Hill Samuel after its 
acquisition by the TSB. 

Mr Mike Dowdy, Wimpey’s 


By John Beil, City Editor 

finance director, said he had 
no knowledge of a consortium 
bid and would mate no 
comment 

The key to any change in 
control of Wimpey is the 35 
per cent share stake held by 
Grove Charity Management, 
which has in the past stead¬ 
fastly backed Wimpey’s 
board. 

Grove agreed to support Sir 
Clifford Chetwood, Wimpey’s 
chair man, for the duration of 
a five-year development plan 
for the company. He joined 


the company a little over four i 
years ago and is believed to i 
have the continued backing of | 
Grove’s directors. 

The attraction of Wimpey 
to a bidder lies in its asset 
backing of more than 400p per 
share, compared whb the 
current share price of 285p. 
But given that 85 per cent of 
Wimpey’s profits arise from 
housebuilding, which is cur¬ 
rently facing slack demand , 
Mr Davies is likely to have 
trouble finding barter s for a 
bid. 


Misys profits soar 
to interim £1.8m 


By Martin Waller 

Misys, the USM-quoted com¬ 
puter software house, more 
than doubled pre-tax profits to 
£1.82 million from £885,000 
in the six mouths to end- 
November. This was without 
any benefit from Zygal 
Dynamics, acquired at the end 
of the half-year. 

Mr Kevin Lomax, chair¬ 
man, said about half the 
profits advance came from 
existing businesses and about 
half from acquisitions, includ¬ 
ing the BOS Group and CPP. 

Earnings per share are 
ahead 57 per cent to 9-Ip, 
most of the improvement 
coming from organic growth. 
The dividend is increased by 
50 per cent to l-8p. 

The shares advanced lOpto 
354p. Mr Nick Bensled- 
Sraith, an electronics analyst 
at Citicorp Scritngeour Vick¬ 
ers, the broker, is forecasting 
£6.5 million pre-tax for the full 
year. 

The only constraint to or¬ 
ganic growth was the shortage 



Kevm Lomax: looking to buy 

of staff qualified in the soft¬ 
ware field, Mr Lomax said. 
The group had targeted certain 
sectors for purchases, includ¬ 
ing a Unix dealership mid 
small systems bouses provid¬ 
ing software for industries not 
yet covered by Misys. 

The company plans to seek 
a full listing once the market 
capitalization reaches £100 
million. This was likely to 
coincide with a move into the 
US in 18 months to two years 1 
time, Mr Lomax said. 


Saville may have sold 
Mid Kent Water stake 

By Graham Searjeant, Finaadal Editor 


Mr Duncan Saville, the finan¬ 
cier based in the Cook Islands, 
is understood to have sold his 
holding in Mid Kent Water, 
the £80 million statutory wat¬ 
er company that has escaped 
the most recent water bid 
maelstrom in the South-east. 

Three nominee holdings, 
amounting to 27 per cent of 
Mid Kent’s 3.5 per cent ordin¬ 
ary stock, have been sold and 
are believed to represent Mr 


SaviUe’s holdings. But after 
recent share issues by Mid 
Kent, this stock represents less 
than 2 per cent of total votes. 

Mid Kent’s biggest holders 
are Morgan Grenfell, with 26 
pier cent of the votes, and Gt n- 
drale des Earn with 15 per 
cent. The rules over water 
industry takeovers give a 
strong chance that such a large 
statutory water company will 
retain its independence. 


Lex in £21 m 
acquisition 

Lex Service, the motor dis¬ 
tribution group, is expanding 
its truck leasing operations 
through the £21 million 
agreed cash acquisition of 
Chart Services, one of Brit¬ 
ain’s largest commercial ve¬ 
hicle contract hire businesses. 

The deal is valued at a 
prospective exit multiple of 
about 15, compared with the 
historical sector average of 
between 10 and 11. For the 
year ended March 31, Chan 
made pre-tax profits of £1.6 
million on turnover of £23.1 
million. After the deal Chart 
will operate independently for 
at least a year. 

New TSB 
division 

The TSB Group is setting up 
TSB Bank, a new division, 
which will include the group’s 
four regional banks and Hill 
Samuel, its merchant bank. 

The regional banks — TSB 
England & Wales, TSB Scot' 
land, TSB Northern Ireland 
and TSB Channel Isla nds — 
will concentrate on personal 
banking while their corporate 
banking business will grad 
ually be transferred to Hill 
SamueL The new TSB Bank 
will also indude the group's 
credit card operations and the 
banking business of UDT, its 
finance bouse. 

Perstorp up 
to SKr310m 

Perstorp, the Swedish compo¬ 
nents to plastic systems busi¬ 
ness, reported quarterly 
earnings of SKr310 million 
(£28 million) compared with 
SKr237 million last time. 
Sales in the period to Decem¬ 
ber 31 were SRr2 billion. 

Perstorp said the strongest 
sales increases came from 
components, surface materials 
and plastic systems. 


Logo will change too after protests over racial stereotypes 

Colgate to drop ‘offensive’ brand name 


After more than three years of pressure 
from shareholders, religious groups and 
blacks, Colgate-Palmolive has said it will 
rename Darkle, the toothpaste it sells in 
Asia, and redesign its logo, a minstrel m 
blackface. The company had been 
increasingly criticized for promoting 
racial stereotypes through its marketing 
of the toothpaste, which is a best-selling 
brand in several Asian countries, after it 
bought half-ownership of the Hong Kong 

company that makes it in 1985. 

iust plain wrong,” Mr Rueben 
Mark* chairman of Colgate-Palmolive, 
said about the toothpaste's name and 

logo, “it’s just offensive. The morally 
right thing dictated that we must change. 

What we have to do is find a way to 
change that IS least damaging to the 
economic interests of our partners. 

the with Hawley & Hazel to change the name 
and logo since “The day after'’ Colgate 


race in silk top hat, dinner jacket and 
bow tie. To lessen confusion and avoid 
tost sales, the company mil put the name 
Dariie on all packages and advertising in 
stages over the next year. The new 
portrait will replace the minstrel face the 
following year. The company, which 
conducted extensive consumer research, 
said it believed the new name and logo 
were “racially inoffensive.” 

Under the agreement it reached with 
Hawley & Hazel, the manufacturer that 
started the toothpaste in the 1920s, 
Colgate-Palmolive will pay for all re¬ 
design and repackaging costs and for the 
added advertising costs of launching the 
product with its new name and logo. It 
will also reimburse Hawley & Hazel for 
any loss in profits caused by customer 
confusion over the change. Mr Mark said 
Colgate-Palmolive had been negotiating 


bought its stake. 

Daritie toothpaste accounts for nearly 
all Hawley & Hazel’s business, which in 
turn amounts to 3 per cent or less of 
Colgate's worldwide sales. In Hong 
Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and 
Thailan d the toothpaste has a market 
share ranging from 20 to 70 percent It is 
not sold in the US. 

Religious groups and others who 
criticized Colgate over the name have 
applauded its action. “The change deals 
with the racist caricature that was 
formerly on Daririe, and it's an accept¬ 
able change,” said Mr Timothy Smith, of 
the Interfaith Center on Corporate 
Responsibility. Congressman John Con¬ 
yers, a founding member of the Congres¬ 
sional Black Caucus, said: “It sounds like 
we’re moving in the right direction. We’ll 
be consulting with others who’ve been 
trying to change this incredible piece of 
merchandise.” (New York Times) 


Market-makers must approach 
new rules in the right spirit 


T he International Stock Ex¬ 
change (ISE) is bordering on a 
critical condition. Much dimi¬ 
nished by the Financial Ser¬ 
vices ACL which transferred its regulat¬ 
ory and investor protection powers to 
The Securities Association; flooded 
with new members who do not subs¬ 
cribe to the traditions of the old Throg¬ 
morton Street club; saddled with a red¬ 
undant trading floor, the Exchange is 
the most serious casualty of Big Bang. 

The ruling council, or more ac¬ 
curately tire Exchange’s 3,000-strong 
bureaucracy, has succ e eded in alienat¬ 
ing many of the practitioners who feel 
that lS£Ts fondness for rule-making 
interferes unnecessarily with the busi¬ 
ness of making a living. Members have 
begun to dig in their heels and the 
Exchange is having to give way at 
important points. The council itself, 
under Andrew Hugh Smith, is seen as a 
rather weak body. Even if that is a 
mistake, it is currently in a weak 
position. Lake most member firms, the 
Exchange is caught in the vice of falling 
revenues and high costs. Income, 
which is partly geared to the level of 
business in the market, has fallen by 30 
per cent while costs have risen by 20 
per cent In its own accounting, the 
Exchange is uncomfortably close to the 
abyss. 

The real challenge is much more 
significant than balancing the Ex¬ 
change's books. It is how to hold the 
securities market together within the 
ISE framework and not to let the 
central market fragment into a series of 
independent markets. The market is 
now seen and operates through screens 
in dealing rooms scattered about the 
City and it is vital that the screens 
display prices and other information 
necessary for fair and competitive 
trading. It is also vital that those who 
make markets in securities remain 
viable. 

There are 30 market-makers in UK 
equities (and 22 in a shrinking gilt- 
edged market). Low turnover and 
narrowing margins since the crash of 
October 1987 have left them badly 



KENNETH 

FLEET 


scarred. November and December 
were particularly bad months. Few, if 
any, are in the black and. by common 
consent there are too many of them. 

This week, as part ofa review of posi- 
Big Bang dealing systems, the Exchange 
confirmed changes in two important 
rules designed to improve the lot of the 
bigger market-makers, to the extent 
that if they succeed, they reduce the 
survival chances of the smaller dealers. 
But the process of reducing the 
excessive market-making capacity of 
the London market may take a long 
time, especially if the volume of 
business rises and the pain of operating 
in a bear market ceases. 

The latest rule changes will add to 
the pressures. Market-makers will no 
longer be obliged to deal with each 
other—an obligation that hitherto has 
enabled smaller and fair-weather mar¬ 
ket-makers effortlessly to undo their 
positions — in effect to use the latter's 
capital to minimize their rides. Sec¬ 
ondly, details of the big deals (more 
than £100,000) done by market-makers 
will not be published until the day after 
they are done. The competitive advan¬ 
tage of doing a major deal was usually 
lost when rival market-makers, quickly 
aware of price and size, moved their 
prices against the market-maker who 
had done the original transaction. In 
future, the big players will have time to 
use their muscle to more profitable 
effect 

The structural effect of these changes 
is to create a two-tier market, with 
information about what is happening 
in the upper more restricted or delayed. 
The “transparency” of the market 
through the screens of the Exchange’s 
automated quotations system (Seaq) 
and the Topic information service is 


reduced. -Create” is not the right word 
since there has been a two-tier market 
since Big Bang: the market the investor 
sees and the huge internal market 
operated by the Inter-Dealer Brokers 
for the market-makers and visible only 
to them. 

Moreover, last summer BZW and 
Phillips & Drew, two leading market- 
makers. have operated their own two- 
tier markeL They reduced to very small 
amounts the size of transaction they 
offer to do through Seaq but will deal in 
size with selected investors approach¬ 
ing them dirccL It is important for the 
Exchange that both. BZW and P&D, 
who have driven home the point about 
using their capital for their own clients 

and not for parasitical market-makers, 
respond to the latest rule changes by 
coming back on screen with prices for 
decent amounts of stock. 

There is an argument against altering 
the system in order to help (some) 
firms to make more money: it is wrong 
in principle and unlikely to work in 
practice. There is an interesting case for 
making dealing in securities less rigid 
by not quoting prices; only amounts of 
stock in which market-makers are 
prepared to deal, on the Seaq screens. 
There is an overwhelming case for 
compelling market-makers to deal 
openly through the Seaq screens in 
realistic amounts of stock. 

If market-makers are quoting in only 
nominal sizes they are taking out of the 
system and putting nothing into iL All 
market-makers enjoy special privi¬ 
leges, notably stamp duty concessions 
and the facility of borrowing stock. In 
return, they should add to the liquidity 
of the market by offering to deal in 
realistic sizes. 

This is the short answer to (hose 
American bouses who claim to see in 
this week's changes in the dealing rules 
an attempt to go back to the cosy 
London jobbers’ club that flourished 
before Big Bang. There would be a 
transparent, openly competitive mar¬ 
ket in UK equities if all market-makers 
obeyed the spirit as well as tbe letter of 
the rules. 


T 


The ace Lawson may be holding 


be December trade figures 
needed to be horrendous to 
dispel the market’s buoyant 
mood. To have been merely 
bad would have provoked tbe response 
“We've seen it all before” and a shrug 
of the collective shoulders. Any deficit 
that could be construed as “good” 
would strengthen the feeling that the 
market had turned decisively, believers 
in the second teg of the bear market had 
lost their standing and Nigel Lawson 
ere long would have bank base rates 
down to 12 per cent In the event, the 
figures were better than the best 
expectations. 

The progre s s of the FT-SE 100 index 
through 1.950, on the back of levels of 
business not seen since before tbe 
October 1987 crash, minors a marked 
improvement in sentiment that only 
appalling trade figures could have 
cracked. Rumours early in the week of 
arguments between the Prime Minister 
and the Chancellor over tbe content of 
the Budget were ignored. 


The market decided that it and the 
country can live under a regime of high 
interest and high sterling exchange 
rates. The market in this context, ft is 
true, is the professionals within it and 
tbe institutions without it who have 
wavered in the same direction, but not 
the private investor. But they have 
been joined by foreign investors who 
are attracted not only by relatively 
cheap stock and relatively high yields 
(British Steel is a prime example) in a 
market that throughout last year 
underperformed against most other 
markets. 

The most intriguing indicator is the 
feet that short-term interest rates in 
London (and, interestingly, also in 
New York) are higher than long-term 
interest rates (an “inverse yield curve” 
in the jargon of the trade). This records 
a judgement that, except in the short¬ 
term, inflation is unlikely to be a 
problem — in both countries. Neither 
in West Germany nor in Japan do the 


locals lake the same sanguine view. 

For tbe good of the market the City 
has to accept foe Chancellor's argu¬ 
ment that the current balance of 
payments deficit can be comfortably 
financed until it finally yields to 
Treatment. Certainly, high interest rates 
bring in foreign capital. 

The ace in the Lawson pack may be 
— L emphasize “may” because the 
experts differ in their forecasts — the 
price of oil. Thursday's Opec meeting 
in London was inconclusive, but that 
in itself does not mean foal foe price is 
about to slump after its recent climb. 

With foe Foreign Office making com¬ 
mon cause with some of foe big Middle 
Eastern producers and an adopted 
Texan in foe While House, foe political 
will to see a higher oil price is not hard 
to understand. In out situation, it 
would help the balance of payments 
and, by propping up foe pound, allow 
some easing of foe monetary policy. A 
price of $17 in real terms is cheap. 


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NEW YORK 


STOCK MARKET 


(Renter) — Blue chips ex¬ 
tended an opening surge in 
early trading, buoyed by 
strength in the bond market 
and a rush of buying. The 
Dow Jones industrial average 
jumped by 17 points to 
2L3Q8.07. 

Shares and bonds re¬ 
sponded well to a report that 
the fourth quarter’s Gross 
National Product rose by 2 per 
cent - below estimates of 2.4 
per cent. The fixed-weight 
deflator, an inflation gauge, 
was also below expectations, 
rising by 4 per cent. 


• Tokyo — The Nikkei index 
rose 134.32 points, or 0.43 per 
cent, to a record close of 
31,646.13* 

• Hong Kong — The Hong 
Kong index finished at 
1,948.10, up 30.19 points, 
while the Hang Seng index 
closed at 2,956.95, up 46.38. 

• Singapore — The Straits 
Times' industrial index rose 
6.77 points to 1,115.48, 

• Frankfurt — The 30-share 
DAX index dosed 13.88 
points, or J percent, higher at 
1,343.58. 




F.sjsJ ' m . 


WALL STREET 


AMRQp 55 

ASA 41 

Aetna Life «8% 

MUSOal 33% 
AffsCtffn rui 


53% Redden 
41 FstCMcaoo 
48X RttMBnm 
33* FstFannC 
ns FTMtehM 


Alcoa 61% 6t* Ford Motor 61* 

Amaxfne 20% SB GAFCp 60% 

AMR HOW 33% 33 GrTEQl 46% 

Am Brand* 62% 62% GenCp 16% 

AraCmwd 50% 50% QnOmi 49% 

AmEnPnr 87% 27% GanSactrto 46% 

Aims 29% 29* Ganftttt 28 

Am Family 14 14 Gen Mils 64 

Am Horae 84% 64% Gen Motor* B9% 

AmhttGrp 73 72% Gen Pub Ut 36% 

AmTafeh 31 30% Genuco S% 

Amoco Cp 75% 75% Georgia Pao 39% 

AntwuaerB 33% 33 Stow 33% 

Areh Dan 23* 22% Goodrich 64 

Armoo Steel 11 10% Goodyear 48% 

Aearcolnc 29* 29* Grace Go 27% 

AsrtendO* 36% 3SK GrtADPas 60% 

AflRfcWld 84% 04% Grayhnd 30% 

Awn Prod 20% 20% Gnmn 19% 

Bfc Boeton 24* 24% GuNWeatn 40% 

Bank NY 38% 38*1 Hate 47% 


13 13 Paramo! 

32% 32% PBpaico 
46 45% Pfizer 

13 13% Phelps Dod 

38* 38% PhHpMOT 

61% 51% PMpPM 

60% 60% Polaroid 
46* 45% Primerica 
16% 16% ProctGMs 
49% SO* PiffSEGr 
46% 45% R Nabisco 
28 27% Raytheon 

64 53% Bedda Mad 

ea% 09 % nockmarnt 


Bank NY 38% 

Bankamar 20* 
BKraTMNY 38* 
Bnxwr 19% 

Born Steal 25% 


BoteeCaso 41% 

Borden 57* 

D l lMIM eyi 45* 

BP 57* 

Bnrawfck 18% 

Burt fffh 23* 

CBS 174 

CMSBrgy 24% 

CPC W 53* 

CSX Cp 32% 

Cans Soup 31% 

Can Pacific 19% 

CBteraMar 60 

CentrfSW 32% _ 

Champion 32* 31* LlVcp 

Cham Man 31* 31% UnorT 
ChemBank 32% 31% Lockheed 
Chevron 49% 48 LonaSur 

ChrysJer 29* 29% MtnHYwar 

CWcoip 27% 26% Manvfle 
Clark Eq 33% 32% Mapco 
Coca Cola 45% 45% Marriott 

Colgate 45% 45* Mt Marriott 
CotumbGaa 35% 38% Masco Cp 

GmtrtnEng 28 28% Mcdonaids 

CmwBh Era 34* 34* McDonnel 

Cores Edfe 47% 47 MsadCp 

Consol Ng 39% 39% Merck 

Coni Darn 20% 20* MtowaMng 

Coming Gl 71* 71% MoM 

Crane 24% 24% Monsanto 

Dana Cp 38* 54* Montedison 

Data Geni 17% 17% Morgan Jp 

Deers Co 45% 45* Motorola 

Delta AM 54 53% NCR 

Denotes 18 is Nt-Mstm 

Digital Eq 114% 111% Nat Mad B* 
Disney 72% 72 Nat Semi 

Dow cheat 94% 92* NortotkStfl 

DressrM 30% 30% NWBencrp 
Dupont 100* 98% OcddPM 

Duke Pwr 46% 46% Ogden Cp 

Cast Kodak 47% 47% OinCp 

Eaton Cp 58* 67% PPG bid 

Emerson Q 31 % 30* Pac Enters 

Emery Air 5% 5% PRC Gas B 

Exxon 45% 45 Pen Am 

Farah Inc 8% 8% Penney JC 


38* Hate 
19% HercuHa 
38% H ewlett Pk 
19% HBon 
25% Honsywol 
61 Bind 
41 % rrrcp 

66% MCO 
44% mg Hand VW 
58% fraand Steel 
>B% IBM 
23 mt Paper 
173* Irving Bk 
24% Jhan&Jhsn 
53* K Mm 
32% Karr McGee 
32* HmtttyCMc 
19% KngttRktr 


47* 47% SonyCp 56% 56% 

48% 48% SWBefl 43* 43 

67% 55 % Squft* 68% 66% 

M5 S tS 0 "* 3* “* 

no rva TRW Inc 44 

64% 54* Teiedyna 344 

^* 29 Temeco 50% 

37 as% Texaco 54% 

47% 45% TexEaatn 48% 

125% 123* Texas Met 44* 

49* 49% Tax DU 29* 

rua rut Textron 24% 

87% 86% TYavelera 86* 

88% 35% UAL. Cp US 

38% 30 USGCp 5% 

62 62 USXCp 30% 

48% 46% UnSaver Pie 36% 

ru UnCarbkto 27% 

9* UnPRcCp 68 
2* UnJevaCp 28% 

75% umtBrmf 18* 

43% Us West 60% 

30 UtdTadi 44% 

29* Unocal 41 
7% Warn Lamb 78% 

68* Web Far 64% 

32* WestgB 55 
41* Wayerahr 26% 

25* Whblpool 25% 

49 Wootwoith 52% 

84 XarmCp 61 * 

40* ZSnWi 19% 

62% | 

«* CANADIAN PRICES 


88* AanooEag 
15* Mean Akim 
35* Can Pacific 
43* CamfeKo 
56% CanBathrat 


12 % 12 % 
40% 40% 
23% 23% 
26% 26% 
24* 16% 


19* Hawk SCsn 24% 24% 
Hud Bay M 25 24% 

8% bnaaco 31% 31* 
32* Imperial OR 50* 49% 
36* toco 34% 34*. 

27% RoyfTmtoo 17% 18* 
31% Seagram 84% 83* 
51% StwBCan 48 47% 

42% Stafco 24% 24* 

38% ThmsnN'A' 27% 27% 
18* VMtyQj a7S 3J0 
IV. VK£ 17 1B% 

52% WRstan 38* 38% 


Stare price 




78% 78% 
88% 38% 
57% 58% 
59% 60 
106% 103% 
21 * 21 % 
38* 89% 
22 % 22 % 
89* 88 
24% 24% 
96% 95 
70 68* 

58* 58% 
21% 21% 


88% Royal Dutch 69% 69% 
5% Scecorp 33% 33* 
38* SFESopaC 19* 19* 
33% Sara Lee 47 % 47% 
53% ScNumb 36% 34% 

49* Scon Paper 41* *1% 

27% Seagram 70* 70% 
60* Sears Road 41* 41% 
30 Sec Pec 36* 36% 
20 ShflB Trans m% 38% 
40* smith Beck 52% 52 


Despite this week’s strong r" —> 

gains on the equity market, JAGUAR: 1 

Hoare Govett, the broker, was 
I still counting the cost of its 
i abortive attempt to place 
P&O’s 10 per cent stake in 
Taylor Woodrow. 

It now looks as though 
Hoare may have already made 
an initial loss of almost £2 
million from its ill-fated mis¬ 
sion this week. A line of 73 | 
million shares went through § 
the market early yesterday at 5 
578p each - 22p below the g 
price Hoare decided to take 1 
the stock on board. Dealers 

claim that Hoare may have _ - - - i 

to switch the stock to _. 

a different account before su 68 es lm g that the Chancellor the US corporate raider, has 
attempting to find a perova- puid^en reduce them befine increased his stake in the 
nent home for it his Budget on March 14. company from 5.2 per cent to 

Hoare annmflched p&n on n A “P 01 ® opening gain on above 6 per cent. Sir Terence 

wSnesdw^thfite^to of 5 Tm m STL 0 ?'* 

nlacino tta i 5 r million . ~ ce , aflc! rT’SE 100- by Mr Edelman to meet him 

w!fr^as 

Aoreed rnmniTw) with the . a ' VIjL6 °V J -45 pm, having Shares in the rest of the 
SS?nSSS^ce^f 648 D mor ? ^ 57 points stores sector suffered some 

^ at its best. The nar- fells although they did manage 

wind of the deal and marked ’ 1 

the Taylor Woodrow share Hogg Robinson plummeted I9p to 145p as Phillips & Drew, the 
price sharply lower. Hoare broker, slashed its pre-tax profits forecast for the current year 
was forced to abandon the from £1X5 million to £9.6 million. High mortgage rates have hit 
mission and take at least half the company hud. Its property services business is likely to 
of the stake on its own books, makes losses in the second half and c onditions on die retail 
The remainder was bought by travel side have deteriorated. 

Hambros, P&O’s meidiant “ 

bank- rower FT 30-share index was to regain their poise later in 

P&O dosed 6 p higher at 41.7 points up at 1,643.0. the day. Dealers said senli- 
6I5p while Taylor Woodrow Gilts reflected the optimis- ment had been hit by a bearish 


615p while Taylor Woodrow Gilts reflected the optimis- 
recovered a fell to dose 15p tic outlook for interesi rates 
better at 593p. and showed gains of up to £% 

Share prices sailed through 81 k )n S er enc ** 
the 2,000 level for the first Woolworth oootinued to 
time since Black Monday lose ground in the wake of 
without hesitation when the Wednesday’s downgrading by 
news of the narrowing of Hoare Govern, which' has 
Britain’s current account defi- trimmed its forecast for next 
ri t to £ 1.2 billion in December year by £5 million to £190 
prompted a fresh flood of million. But the broker is 
institutional cash into the sticking to its original estimate 


market. 


of £170 million for the current 


Fast-market conditions pre- year, which ends next week, 
vailed for IS minutes or so Apparently, Hoare has been 
immediately after the figures nxging its clients to reduce 
as pent-up instrtndona] cash their holdings because the 
poured in. Hard-pressed mar- shares may be starting to run 
ket-makers had their short out of steam. There is also talk 
positions squeezed even fUr- that Woolies may decide to 
ther and sizeable gains in bid for Magnet, the DIY 
virtually every sector were specialist following this 


achieved as a result 


week’s news of the proposed 


Seaq turnover raced past the m anagement buyont 
£800 million mark as buoyant 1 Storehouse, Sir Terence 
brokers forecast that the mar- Conran's BHS, Habiiat- 
ket would continue to rise — Mothercare, Heal’s and Rich- 
posably to 2 300 — now that ards retailing combine, rose 
the reduced deficit had virtu- 3%p to 19lp as more than 5 
ally ruled out the possibility of million shares changed hands, 
any further increase in interest The market should bear 

rates. In feet some were soon that Mr Asher Edehnan, 


to regain their poise later in 
the day. Dealers said senti¬ 
ment had been hit by a bearish 
retail presentation hosted by 
Goldman Sadis, the securities 
house, on Thursday night, 
attended by 30 institutional 
clients and 35 retailers. Mr 
Gavin Davies, Goldman 
Sachs’ chief economist made 
a 10 -minute address in which 
he gave a warning that what¬ 
ever the Chancellor does in 
the Budget the outlook for 
consumer spending remains 
poor. 

Falls were seen in Dixons, 
down lp at ISlp, but Barton 
rallied to finish 6 p higher at 
204, Boots was up 2p to 245p 
while Next continued to draw 
strength from this week’s 
presentation for its Gardening 
Directory. The price rose 5p to 
149p. 

Renters, the international 
news agency and financial 
information group, continued 
to nudge towards its peak of 
622p with a 3p rise to 615p. 
American investors have been 
big buyers of the shares in 
New York, picking them up in 
their ADR form which has left 
Wall Street brokers short of 



LONDON' 


bsK,”" Hoare Gwetfs initial loss 
sssksksss on TW placing may be £2m 

arlv trading, buoved bv cent, to a mvtnl rinse of ■*“ W 


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stock. As a result, they have 
been forced to turn to London 
for stock and so cover their 
positions. 

American buyers have also 
been chasing other British 
companies higher. 

Jaguar sported a rise of 12p 
to 302p - making a two-day 
gain of 24p. The group's 
prospects have taken a knock, 
partly because of the falling 
dollar. Pre-tax profits last year 
fell from £120.8 million to £97 
milli on with analysts forecast¬ 
ing even worse to come. They 
have already pencilled in £45 
million for this year followed 
by £30 million for next Bro¬ 
kers sudb as Barclays deZoete 
Wedd say that foe interim 
results were poor and that 
medium-term prospects are 
no better, lx claims that the 
shares are overvalued. 

However, some American 
investors think the shares 
have been oversold and 
appear happy with the price at 
these levels. 

US support has also been ; 
good news for BAT Industries 
this week. The price finned i 
another lp to 520p. Salomon 1 
Brothers, the New York 
securities house, is believed to 
have been a big buyer of the 
shares this week. 

Hectic trading in the British 
Steel partly-paid shares, 
which closed 6 ttp higher at 
77p following a turnover of 
more than 81 milli on shares, 
fuelled intense speculation 
that its programme of ac¬ 
quisitions is about to start. 

The talk in the market is 
that BS, which is known to be 
considering an expansion into 
steel stockholding both in the 
US and in Europe, is on the 
verge of announcing foe pur¬ 
chase of Klockner. the West 
German steel producer which 
is owned by tbe Deutsche 
Bank. 

Strong American and Japa¬ 
nese buying of the shares since 
the New Year has helped them 
to leave the 60p price of early 
December well behind. 

Control Securities, Mr 
Nazmu Varani’s property and 
leisure group, which has dras¬ 
tically underperformed foe 
market since its £18 million 
acquisition of Belhaven Brew¬ 
ery last December, improved 
16pto47%p. 

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Geoffrey Foster 


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50V a jm—M 8 FB 50 50V +1W 20 34 140 

450 846 J—l 358 38(5 .. 130 90 80 

148 n Jon 0 80— 112 V1T7V +2 - 50 46 6 Z 0 
133 95 Jomiai Ptana) M® 112 +8 E7 01 189 

55 40 UH— 44 A +1 20 Oil 63 

3?;: 31VK—A 32V 34 +v 04 10 .. 

455 2B0 KHPTim 303 3» -2 110 42 80 

455 347VU—) M 415 435 «*5 ISO 00 95 

60S 275 InliMIU 030 010 +58 2BJ (3 320 

7DD TO KkmE2n 305 325 *+5 110 30 179 


AO « an 
159 00 90 
280 40 320 

113 30 179 


MINING 


4(0 63 ACMOgs 
TO 192 Al¬ 
ia 43 Aiwa Hurt 
67 a Am Hems 
410 184 JUMMv kw 
IS 130 thru* Gown 


CHEMICALS, PLASTICS 


77 E -I II 14 155 

2S5 *5 17 06 . 

MM +3 13r 21 910 

60 64 *3 33 «D 336 

215 22S «+5 BO 41 114 

TW IM +6 . 

240 ?« +5 110 4 7 tO0 


. - 100 IDS •+! .... 

?? IBVC—cta 17V 19 7(0 13 398 

SI3 260 Ganflowf 505 520 +5 127 20 717 

190 75 Go—w 70 80 . a .. 147 

671 414 DiWM 668 673 +8 167 20 MB 

HO 83 Dmmon H 5S 93 W-r 75 90 95 

465 335 HnnETtaBBSOB 4— 418 +3 160 30 146 


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55 53 114 

2*9 13 388 


505 520 +5 127 20 717 


*44 IM AMCaWdi 126 130 

677 441 Amman 5H) Sw 

159 TIB BIP _ WB 145 

89V TBVBqa DUO 93V - 

231 M8 Bfeadm 178 19? 

IBS 118 mm am 134 136 

2a IM a— (W> 212 215 

3*3 285 Coda 3J7 341 

358 282-CMH Bros —5 315 

213 168 Crib ffl2 20* 

IM UB Ob & end 169 172 

34 ?i Emm (Maw 22V 24 

m 152 Ewte 203 207 

3$ 208 l anon . so 273 

255 226 HOsumU— 250 255 


126 130 *+3 XT 74 140 

510 5M +4 A7 20 1E0 

WB 145 • .. OB El 160 

93V . +2V .. .. .. 

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134 IM +1 716 50 120 

212 2*5 T +3 73 X4 V39 

337 341 •♦* 134 410 TBS 

305 315 +18 100 3.4 10.1 

ae 204 +0 120 E2 134 

189 172 «+1 79 44 120 

22V 34 .. 12 il 2S0 

203 207 +19 79 34 M0 

?Sfi 273 +3 15.1 &6 1X1 


... __ .. . 110 43 92 

240 133 Worn 226 229 r +3 80 30 150 

99'. 7BHfaetta1 04*50 MV - +3V .. .. .. 

HV847 tap Cnon fed (n) TIV 11V +'« 570 59 90 

430 350 Lam* (A) 417 416 +12 180 49 03 

257 157 Lagfe 236 240 -7 70 30 198 

12V SVMmfc Hydro 12V - +V .. .. .. 

183 131 Pirn « 173 •+) 30 19 TBS 

295 295 D— HdPI 270 320 U « 

3(0 173 Room ^ 3M 2*7 +1 4.7 19 210 

in 160 StfcBB $m P 136 MS +3 £7 19 169 

545 ero Wrarfwfem IU 422 447 .. 180 37 06 


IDS 64 BCD 
1*5 111 imy £ Sow 
175 ua in 
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75 5J HnnuM 
200 38 Paltal Be 
MV 75'm Cm PlW* 
165 95 Srfwnnnts Pic 

92 6? S*9« A Had 
135915 5atefepi 
157 Kb Tenpmn Qfetfi 


79 80 
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531 60 11? 
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1T0 124 *2 AO 82 *30 

227 229 +6 87 38 3(0 

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92 9* *5 12 10 .. 

115 125 +3 . 

68 70 *1 20 29 229 

13'* 11s +V 

153 IM +* 40 £B 


FINANCIAL TRUSTS 


39 213 YerksuroGten 
141 UB YMtOta 


283 2B6 +ft AJ 30 120 


DRAPERY, STORES 


17N. ll iADWC* Irjress 101'• .. 
109 64 Argifc 104 107 

122 n HnOMD Anov 120 173 

55V 26' DjV AW 54 57 

?S2 IV. I ben 251 253 

2SJ ?IS fwa Gp 72S 230 

190 1?8 W Itaiffral 172 177 

135 II? GoMWDanm 1U 117 


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104 107 40 36 279 

120 173 +7 70 60 91 

54 57 •+'< 973 (6 254 

251 253 «*6V 54 25 Ml 

7» 230 +? 107 47 182 

172 177 *2 6 7 3JL 8B 

113 117 43 37 70 


SOS 620 Honom AUW 700 730 +55 360 50 IIS 



198 H) «H 
111 81 E1M 

4K 2B0 MM 

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45 34 iUMd 


B7 90 +11 IDS 112 64 

92 94 +1 5 7 61 91 

415 435 *33 16 7 30 A3 

306 314 *2 113 36 154 


« TO II1G 306 314 ,2 113 36 154 

45 34 (UUfld a 41 *1 05 1 3 241 

193 131 GnWi No* Coni 145 152 W+13 64 (3 120 

1E6 1)6 lymUHdgs U6 142 -I 70 52 13b 


HOTELS, CATERERS 


271 166 A—HBOfc 

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171 ws ttamCkmam 
115 3 mm Hut 

ZD 14 R«SM HaMi 


367 55 +5 30 10 170 

430 483 +12 E? 4 JO me 

36V 37V +v an is 29.4 

169 171 +3 2J 16 212 

111 113 £0 20 199 

17 18V .. 00 1.7 132 

815 850 .. 67 08 254 


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114 81 SWh 107 JOB +3 28 M M 

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7G — 
268 272 
11V ■ 

253 256 
W 19 
NO 380 
BB TOO 
a 67 
463 466 
S 29 
335 342 
57 67 
850 360 
61 63 

215 222 
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255 260 ' 

40 42 ■ 
285 200 
127 IX ' 
246 2S2 
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465 485 
135 140 

3£ 5£ 

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317 321 


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474 340 AB Act 
111 70 ABB KM 

9 I £**7 1 9 :: a H !f| 

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283 215VMIGK 
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112 77 BemmJ 


112 ^ Ben*m ?F 

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122 H Batata 
133 MS Bomapt 
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201 10 79 

3.1 10 150 
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«5 +18 180 4.1 200 


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70 33 137 


+1 4J0 20 140 

♦0. 30 1.7 130 

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348 i£ Odum 213 223 +3 40 20 MS 


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4.4 20 177 
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298 303 .. 109 90 197 

205 m +1 00 &J 21.1 

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210 712 +3 fiU 63 110 

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255 2fiS +7 112 99 199 

340 3— .. 159 49 UL1 

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770 n> +2 449 57 1L7 S. S 

4V 5 . 153 H* ion 

148191 .. 4090249 TS 

8BV TOO .. XI XI 239 jffi 

346 MB *1 123 U IU S2 IS 

848 m 9*6 187 29 M.1 IS 

242 »2 .. 1190 40 *80 §1 |S 

TO 298 +12V103 30 130 

175 177 +3V 43 S4 109 S 

347 2V »+4 MS 5£ 1X7 S ffi 

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473 475 *+17 1E9 40 120 un £ 

B4V KV +1V XB 43 107 IS 

400 «B «+6 173 40 117 S IS 

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21? H 44 B0 17 122 

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425 440 . 

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204 TOO +4V 80 42 00 

532 334 »+M 200 90 1EI 

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145 TOD +2 22 10 tU 

31 S +V 17 39 04 

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KB 109 +2 XI 20 177 

49 AM +22 199 42 IU 

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273 OB «+5 50 £2 110 

34 57 48 .. 16 XB WJ 

344 VB +1 117 M 1*0 

45 43 04 19 219 

178 IK +1 97 *9 203 

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138 133 +1 El 

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7—I 462 4B7 4D+7 70 

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7TO 138 liotawt Huh Hi 116 13 -2 113 

309 145 Pawn torn* 1® as .. 79 

KB 288 Sam » K4*M 228 ZD •• 160 

360 235 Stylo 2*5 285 +5 67 


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427 437 +2 

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240 TO +3 

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59 22 170 
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73 30 157 

91 B7 450 
8.1 49 135 

40 57 63 

93 70 02 

120 20 103 
77 49 144 

IM M 134 
57 23 442 

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TEXTILES 


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132 -OS rtv 43 as n.1 

364 386 +12 IEO 33 M0 

245 2B 90 32 97.1 

210 213 +3 M 43 *38 

13 13V +V 05 33 100 

W7 20* +4 00 Ob* 173 

142 M7 90 *2 191 

WO HO 20 10 160 

TO 102 +3 70 41 130 

TOO 1TO •+* 47 20 227 

85 70 +2 . 

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a 214 +0 73 30 173 

190 +2 . 

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300 3ED • - «3 49 1IJ 

IK 197 +5 110 ED 97 

415 417 40 IEO XG MB 

177 181 -1 ... .. 

*83 » +5 (471 73 113 

[MV - +1V .. ... 

21V 25 +1V ... .. IU 

IBS TO +3 90 43 590 

Ifi 172 •+2 163 EJ 114 

TO 270 .. 45 17 21.1 

91 S3 .. XI 23 HU 

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m 322 *+S 210 04 90 

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277 287 «+7 

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• 90 34 MO 

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• +7 T2 7 45 190 

+1 06 12 197 

.. 157 10 210 

.. IU 22 IU 

+7 GO 20 191 
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3*5 +10 IU 37 104 

2*2 .. 67 37 90 

103 .. 70 75 110 


483 413 +3 117 20 120 

138 1*2 +7 El 30 120 

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5 5 230 P Br tlwaan sm Jig 370 +40 7.4 23 147 

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18? in JMtr 182 I® +4 72 39 1E4 


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568 412 TbMMMS 
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BUS Qfltr Omg Yta 


Www_ 3850 9805 +14 447 

M Sp St» 5Z47 35J9 +028 240 
tear Mat 1057 1114c +17 1.78 
N Mw 2607 2074 +24 2.13 

CUBI0VE 1MT TBUar IHMMBHr 


THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28.1989 


THE TIMES UNIT TRUST INFORMATION SERVICE 


Bid OfMr Oftng YW 


> 4 ' -+*V - • ^ 

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ALUB1 OUN3M UHIT TRUSTS 


CKOWN uwr DtUST SBRVKE9 LTD 
gjtaa WoHDB 0021 nw Tat 

MW 106.7 1T&2# .. OLD 

Cmd#nQft 72J& 2C0S -HUM 098 

Ewo 1007 iiai + 0.1 aw 

om Trust 2B43 30«.1c +05 £99 

Ml he 334.fi 3502 40 0 4J0 

MTart 1103 121-2 403 OM 

*1*wnw d 2039 31AM4000 035 
Jgwwc 2623 3003 -07 0.00 

MM bH 3042 8234 -0L01 214 

BM UNIT TRUST IMHMBRS 


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DO Acc 3602 3002 ~ *}*> 

Mandarin 4779 XW7 .. OM 

NMwMC 1014 1077 .. JOT 

DO ACC 1344 1320 •• JjJ* 

BuroQniac 1134 tl84 - >« 

DO ADC 13&0 14U - - f.08 

miJhm eaS 0SJ7 .. zn 

MwSEnOh 100.1 1123 “4 

Ueridtfl Me 1024 1084* >• ^77 

SiW Cosine 1574 1674* .. 120 

Do Acs 1754 1002* ■■ 230 

HOKUM ORBHU. U»T THUST 
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a itaM w. Mm otmw 

01-129 <na awiCMwovra ora 

Acw Oh 1124 1100* 404 204 
Euro am 1800 147-90 +05 019 
worn «55 1224 -o; 148 
UK Equby he 107.7 Hf« ^ 
UK Ea m Me 1094 1107 -42 440 

UKEqhltekr 10UJ 1009 ■■ *%> 

USEqh-nekr 1002 112.4 +04 2£* 
Do Ace 1002 nt* +<XS 222 

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1106 1260# .. 246 
1709 1001 +03 OSS 

127JO 1354 40.7 <MM 

1409 107.10 +0.1 000 
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: 2842 274SO+OM 0.44 
9040 9447 -002 4.71 
1093 1107 -0.1 344 

1374 1474# +0.1 144 
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l 49. 43 S240 +005 1.11 
2344 250,7 +2.1 103 

1414 1294 -02 047 

1274 1354 +14 013 
3441 284* +029 094 


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IB. ft MCfewn 08, edM#9b 7* 061229 

Malawi 2204 2383 .. 340 

GoUmtAB 1432 153.1 1.41 

EEof&O 2*14 BU .. Uj 

Da Vlad 2504 2764 .. «f 

(Mm 5733 8121 .. 065 


1OTL Vlacaal *. tMmgam 02 8HN Tbfc Oil¬ 
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UK Qqukf 2274 2*20# -04 80S 
LHC &n Co* Eq 2243 2384# +03 242 
Empaan 1944 2074 -0.1 143 

Nbw 1210 1204 +07 146 

WPkn 504 000 -02 S40 

UK Spec SB 0070 7106 +006 244 

SCOTTISH fflOuneKT MVESTHEHT 


triwsSm CO 5240 50.13 -- 034 

IPanakn Cftarit 067.1 709.6# .. 402 

iRaccw 91140 12.72# .. £01 
Tat | UK Sr* Co* Ex T0E.1 1000 .. £31 

STANDARD IMS TRUST KAKM3EUEHT 

^n^a m, Erihtog# EK2 2X2 Tat OKM 

Manapad Acc 2016 2942C+O01 2.13 
EqrtyCKn ACC 3040 3550c +003 240 
EoUTy HVl toe 3329 3547 -009 ASS 
EqrtyOwal 2007 3067 -0.04 245 
Do Acc 3346 3597 -005 245 
Q/FMntlne 27 *1 208* +003 004 
tfNMLOrAeC 2000 2170 +0.4 214 

N0> Aiaar Acc 2348 2513c+0.03 136 
Faf EM ACC 4645 +935C+Q02 OM 
Eurn ACC 203* 2748c +014 1.40 
UXlgrnc 2024 2202 -0.4 275 

DoAcc 225.4 2*40 -05 275 


UNLISTED SECURITIES 


The prices in this 


Thursday’s trading 


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(any wo or more ol abonet. • Ex an ivv 
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373 235 k» 
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143 83 MMis ft Crane 

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120 85 M#Ma 
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96 90 Do iR. 

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m 193 OganwCUUn 
153 116 PCI 
74 29 PM. 

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31B 213 PSeSic SW* 

297 215 Rartany 
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fi£ *40 Brin 533 

131 98 Snow 120 

95 57 CDTC TM 57 

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m 6)5 Cora a U 665 
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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 

FAMILY MONEY 



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MONEY 23 


ESrtedby Vivien Goldsmith 


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companies) Is Iho month in which dm stowable expenotum ms Incumt, or March 
18B2 where Die expenditure was Incurred before that month. 


Accounting for tastes 


Two more banks 


have introduced 


interest-bearing 


current accounts — 


and made choosing 
the right one eVen 
more difficult 



The banking scene is becom¬ 
ing increasingly fragmented. 
Find yourself in the wrong 
area and it could cost you 
dear. The banks and building 
societies are already compet¬ 
ing by giving interest on 
current accounts. But be sure 
that customers will be paying 
for most of this via higher 
interest rates, fines for taking 
DIY overdrafts and standing 
monthly fees. 

The next sector to divide 
and rule will be credit cards. 
At the moment those who 
never take credit and pay off 
their balances in full each 
month enjoy a free payments 
service and are being sub¬ 
sidized by the credit-takers. 

Fees for credit cards are 
almost inevitable. But per¬ 
haps, just as we now have to 
decide before opening a bank 
account whether wc want to 
borrow heavily or leave large 
deposits in it before selecting 
the best buy, the same will 
apply to credit cards. 

The choice may be: pay a fee 
for the card and have a lower 
borrowing rate, or take a free 
card but pay dearly if you do 
not repay in full. The small 
credit cud issuers such as 
Chase Manhattan and Save & 
Prosper are already offering 
lower borrowing rates. But 
they are pretty choosy about 
who they will give a card to. • 
Differentiation is the name 
of the game, and the high 
street banking scene is looking 
most interesting. Barclays and 
the Royal Bank of Scotland 
this week joined Midland and 
Lloyds with interest-bearing 
cheque accounts to counter 
the onslaught from the build¬ 
ing societies. 

Nationwide Anglia's 
FlexAccount has taken a mil¬ 
lion current account cus¬ 
tomers from the banks and the 
Abbey National a further 
800,000. One of the great 
attractions of these accounts is 
lira* there are no charges for 
writing a cheque or making 
direct debit payments. Now 


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Barclays has followed suiL 
Even those Barclays cus¬ 
tomers who do nothing will 
find that their ordinary cur¬ 
rent account will now be 
called Flexible, and although 
there will be no interest, there 
will also be no charges- Bui 
there will be a “fine” of £12 a 
quarter for those taking un¬ 
authorized overdrafts of more 
than £100. 

Customers can easily swap 
into one of the two interest- 
bearing accounts. The Instant 
account mimics a building 
society plastic card account, 
and offers neither chequebook 
nor overdraft But it pays the 
highest rates of interest - 4.S 
per cent up to £500 and 6.5 per 
cent on the whole balance 
when there are larger sums. 
These rates are the same as 
those paid by Lloyds Classic 
Account, the first of the new 
generation of accounts. 

Barclays' Interest account 
does offer overdrafts and a 
chequebook. Overdrafts up to 
£100 are free, but larger over¬ 
drafts incur a fee of 2 per cent 
of the agreed limit with a 
minimum of £10, and are 
charged at 22.7 per cent apr. 
There is also a “fine” of £12 a 
quarter for unauthorized 
borrowing. The interest is 4 
percent up to £500 and 6 per 
cent on larger sums. 

The interest looks attrac¬ 
tive; but do not think that 
everyone will be better off 
with one of these interest- 



Across the country there are growing numbers of 
people who like nothing better than to go on and 
on and on about the Fleming Investment Trusts. 

You’ll find them nattering on about numbers, 
fascinating you with figures and stunning you with 
statistics. 

It's hardlv surprising when you consider the facts. 


Some Mind-Numbing Facts 


AVERAGE FLEMING INVESTMENT 
TRUST VS. AVERAGE BUILDING 
SOCIETY HIGHER RATE ACCOUNT 


Sute that past performance is not necessarily 
a guide to the future. Prices can go down as 
well as up. 



been more than two and a half times that from the 
Building Society Higher Rate account. 

And the Fleming Investment Trusts offer you 
other advantages, too. 


Handy wallet Sized 
Factsheet 


'nBMMfittHBHTn 

• They give you the professional investment manage- 
! meat many professional investors choose. 

• The Fleming Investment Trusts Savings Plan lets 
i you buy shares for as little as £25 a month , ora lump 
[ sum of just £250. 

| • They offer you all the potential of stock and shares 
j without the complications. 

i • With the Fleming Investment Trusts Savings Plan, 

I there is no broker's commission to pay, and only a 1% 

1 charge, subject to a minimum of£! and a maximum 


of £25 per purchase, and a minimum of £10 per sale. 


U1 MRS 


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Flemings i . ...i Building Societies 

VUIMt'l: MX Nr'I'll. 

The figures show what an investment of £ 1,000 
in the average Fleming Investment Trust would have 
become worth, with net income re-invested, over the 
given periods to 31st December, I9S8. 

They also compare this growth to the average 
Building Society Higher Rate account over the same 
period. 

The return from the average Fleming Investment 
Trust over the foil seven year period would have 

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There's an awful lot more we could add about 
Investment Trusts in general. And Flemings in particular. 

But not here. 

For the full story; you’ll have to send for our 
brochure, ft runs to a modest twelve pages, and you’ll 
find it exhaustive. 

But at least it's less exhausting than talking to 
one of our investors. 

j _ Ti»: Firming Iruvsimcnc Trust Management Ltd. 25 Copt lull Avenue. 

, London EC2R 7DK. Tel: 01-9200539. Please send me details of your 
j Investment Trusts Savings Plan and rhe ten Fleming Investment Trusts, 

J together with application forms. 175 


I SAMI : (MR MRS MS ,MISM_ 

I 

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JUSICllUlv 


FLEMINGS 

INVESTMENT TRUSTS 


bearing accouats. Even those 
who never overdraw will find 
that if their balance is not large 
enough, they will be out-of- 
pocket if they use the accounts 
that levy charges. 

On an account with an 
average balance of £500. Mid¬ 
land's Vector would pay £120 
in charges against £35 in 
interest, and the Meridian 
account £32 in interest but 
£120 in charges. Even with an 
average balance of £1,000, the 
Vector account would still 
incur nhaty s than the interest 
received. 

Midland's advertising, 
which invites readers to de¬ 
cide whether they are Vector, 
Orchard or Meridian people 
on the basis of lifestyle ques¬ 
tions about supermarkets and 
video recorders does actually 
have a point 

There are great advantages 
to these complex accounts—if 
you choose the right one. 
Some are for borrowers, some 
for spenders and some for 
those with large balances. But 
choose the wrong one and you 
will be worse off than you 
were with the lumbering old 
current account which pays no 
interest at alL 

For example, the Meridian 
account carries a flffa-month 
charge if the balance falls 
below £1,000. 

The Royal Bank of Scot¬ 
land's new account pays 5 per 
cent up to £500, 6.5 per cent 
up to £2,500, 735 per cent up 


66 d. 


to £5,000 and 8.25 per cent on 
larger sums. Overdrafts up to 
£100 are free, but there is a £6 
fee every month for accounts 
overdrawn by more than this 
on top of the interest of 19.5 
per cent apr. Unauthorized 
overdrafts are charged 26.8 
percenL 

Save & Prospers Classic 
account, run in conjunction 
with Robert Fleming, pays 
8.75 per cent on sums over 
£1,000, which gives it the edge 
for accounts with large bal¬ 
ances. An account with an 
average balance of £1,000 
which was never overdrawn 
would earn a net £68.65 from 
SAP; £65 from Lloyds Classic, 
Royal Bank of Scotland, Mid¬ 
land Meridian or Barclay’s 
Instant; £60.04 from Co-Op 
Bank's Cheque and Save; £60 
from Barclay's Interest; £57 
from Midland’s Orchard; £55 
from Nationwide and £50 
from the Abbey National 

But another account, in 
which the average balance is 
£500 and the account is over¬ 
drawn by more than £100 
once a month, and the pecking 
order changes. The building 
society accounts come out on 
top with £27 from Nationwide 
and £25 from the Abbey, 
followed by Barclay’s Interest 
at £20. The Meridian account, 
however, would cost you 
£87.50 in a year and Lloyds 
Classic, £39.50. 

Vivien Goldsmith 


More incentive 
to live longer 


With most insurance it is a 
case of die-io-win. But a new 
scheme has been launched this 
week which rewards those 
who live to a ripe old ag& 

Lifetime, from MLA, is a bit 
like an annuity, but instead of 
the benefits being set from the 
outset as a fixed sum paid for 
life, money is invested in a 
mix of single premium unit- 
linked bonds and endowment 
policies which mature at 
three-yearly intervals. A set 
number of units is paid out — 
the exact amount of money 
depending on the performance 
of the underlying MLA unit 
trusts. 

The payments continue in 
theory until you are 110 years 
old. and there is the comfort of 
knowing that if you die before 
you have been repaid your 
nominal investment, the resi¬ 
due will be paid to your estate. 

"More people are going to 
live to be 100 in the next 
century," said Mr Martin 
Burke, MLA's marketing 
manager. “We are rewarding 
you for living longer. It’s a 
financial planning tool. If 
people know they have got 
money coming in, then they 
will feel free to spend.” 

The Lifetime literature 
takes the example ofa 65-year- 
old man investing £5,000. If 
the fund had an average return 
of 7 percent, he would receive 
£961 at age 68, £1.145 at 71, 
and so on. increasing until he 
reached the age of 110. This 
adds up to £64246. MLA 
points out that a typical 
investment bond would run 
out when he was 83, and 
would have only paid out 
£9333. 

But actuaries calculate that 
the 65-year-old man can ex¬ 
pect to live just 14.5 years. So. 
our average man would collect 
just four Lifetime payments 
totalling £5,094 — a lot less 
than he would have got by 
simply pfuting the money in a 
building society. Even if he 
survived to collect the pay¬ 
ment when he was 80, the 
Lifetime man would have 
collected just £7,029 in totaL 
If be had invested instead in 
an annuity which promised to 
increase the payout every year 
by 5 per cent, be would have 
begun by gening around £500 
a year — once again a better 
deal for the average man. 

Lifetime works, with their 
own life-expectancy tables. 
They see that people are living 


longer and have stitched these 
projections into their figures. 
So lifetime calculate that the 
65-year-old will live another 
17 years — to 82. 

If the investments yield 16.5 
per cent a year and the man 
lives until be is 80. then he wiU 
have, received £9.827 — a yield 
of just under 7 per cent. If he 
lives until 83. the yield climbs 
to 9.17 percent and at 86 be is 
ahead of the game with a 
return of 10.64 per cent. 

So with lifetime you are 
mostly buying insurance that 
you will not outlive your 
wealth, and are obtianing 
exposure to the equity mar¬ 
kets and hence a share in any 
strong rises. But of course, 
there is the risk that it may 
turn sour as well 
The Lambeth Building Soci¬ 
ety also has a scheme which 
protects the elderly who Jive 
beyond the statisticians’ 
expectations. But this scheme 
is for those who do not have 
any spare cash and want to 
free some of the wealth tied up 
in their property. 

It also looks like an annuity, 
but is actually an interest-only 
mortgage where a flat sum is 
taken out every year, initially 
for 15 years. The older die 
borrower, the more the build¬ 
ing society will allow them to 
draw-down. For example, 
someone with a £100,000 
property would be allowed 
£1.200 a year if they were 65, 
£2,400 a year for 75-year-olds 
and £4,800 for 85-year-olds. 

The Lambeth is wary of 
allowing people to borrow too 
much as a lump sum from the 
outset The interest com¬ 
pounds away, and the debt can 
easily overtake the value of 
the property. 

Thus after IS years, the 65- 
year-old taking out £1300 a 
year and living in a property 
valued at £100.000 at the 
outset would — assuming 
property inflation of 5 per cent 
and a mortgage rate of 13.5 per 
cent — have taken £18,000, 
and would have an outstand¬ 
ing loan of £50,511. But the 
value of the property would 
have risen to £197,993, so the 
loan would only represent 
slightly more than 25 per cent 
of the property value. 

The initial agreement is for 
a 15-year period, and after that 
the situation can be 
reassessed. 

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L*?al & General, the composite insor- 
fr* is attemptrag to coax more people 
into personal pension schemes by 
launching* fand which guarantees an 
investor’s capital for a year. 

The Guaranteed Equity Fund Is the 
first of its type in the pensions market. 
It is linked to the performance of the 
FT-SE100 Index, and guarantees that 
while the nit price will not fall if the 
index goes down it will rise by 95 per 
cent of any increase in the index over 
the year. The 5 per cent margin, pins 
dividends paid to the fond, will be used 
by L&Glo help it underwrite the cost 
of fulfilling the guarantee. 

Mr Chris Hatry, pensions director 
at L&G admits tW if the market 
moves against the company, it — and 
ultimately shareholders or other 
policyholders — coaid face a loss. 

However, the company’s investment 
managers expect to use the fotnres and 
options markets to hedge their risk. 
Mb' Ha try says that investors are still 


nervous about couunztting money to 
the stock market and the company 
believes that a fund with an element of 
guarantee will encourage than. The 
Gnaranteed Equity Fond has a limited 
subscription period, for a single lump 
sum prentiam, ending on February 28, 
but L&G reserves die right to dose it 
before that date if the market changes. 

The returns from the fond will 
depend on the index performance from 
March 1 this year, to March 1 1990. 
L&G may launch a second guaranteed 
fund next year, but if not investors will 
have to switch to an alternative fond. 

Investors who move into the fund 
from another L&G pension fond can 
do so with no initial charge. But those 
who nse this to start a contract with 
the company will suffer a front-end 
charge, typically of 5 per cent. 

Mrs Michelle Barber, personal 
investments director at L&G, adds: 
W UK shares are good value at the 
moment' But there are uncertainties 



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Barber ‘shares are good value^ow’ 
over high interest rates, rising infla¬ 
tion, and the trade deficit." 

However, one year is a short time in 
the life of the stock market and 
pension contracts. Mr Jonathan Phil¬ 
lips, a director of Wyatt Personal 


S^rLd. With upt° 30ye«s«r 
more to ride out the Btarket they would 
bebefter to go straight into a mmmged 
fanH where money is invested in a 

S^ ofeqoities. gilts and property. 

He orefers gnaranteed structures 
for older people, looking for: a safo 
haven for funds about to raature.&re 
& Prosper launched * f*™®* 
investment scheme called SbareMifem 
SsTwhicb o^red to «tum inves¬ 
tors' money while giving an exposure 
,odie market - SO per cent of any nse 
in the FT-SE 100 index. 

Because of the crash, investors did 
not make a profit and Mr hen Emerj. 
of S&P admits investors were disap— 
timed to have lost interest **1 am not 
sure that the market is right for one- 
year contracts of this ty pe, he savs. 

Maria Scott 


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Still lots of scope for tax plans 


Quite obviously, the best time to invest in cbe 
stock market is when prices are tow - after a 
fall. Because, as a glance at the graph shows, 
each fall has been followed by a rise. And the 
overall market trend over the medium to long 
term has been up. The difficulty' is in identifying 
exactly the right time to invest. 

Which is why you should consider a 
Regular Savings Plan from Save & Prosper. 

By investing regularly in the stock market, 
the risk of mistiming your investment is 
reduced. Your investment gams value as the 
market rises and. if the market falls, your 
monthly contribution buys more units. So 
you're in a good position to benefit from any 
future upturn. 

With Save & Prosper you can invest as 
little as £25 a month. You can start or stop 
saving whenever you like. So it's really flexible, 
especially as our Regular Savings Plan can be 
linked to any of 3 J Save & Prosper unit trusts. 

Over the 5 years to 1st December 1988, 
£25 a month saved in the average Save & 
Prosper unit trust would have grown to £2,276. 
And you’d have achieved twice the growth 
rate you would have received, if you'd opted 
for the capital security of investing in a 
typical building society investment account* 

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over the same period. However you should 
remember that past performance is not a guide 
to the future and the price of units can go down 
as well as up. 

To find out more about Save & Prospers 
Regular Savings Plan simply call our free 
Moneyline or post the coupon. 

And the best rime to do that is right now. 

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It is a widespread fallacy that 
there is little scope for creative 
tax planning any more, al¬ 
though it is easy to see the 
reasons why this misapp¬ 
rehension has taken bold. 

Mr Nigel Lawson's last 
Budge! largely completed the 
process, begun in 1984, of 
broadening the lax base so 
that rates of tax could be 
reduced. 

In the 1970s, the nominal 
rate of tax might have been 98 
per cent, but only a very few 
extremely wealthy (or ill-ad¬ 
vised) people paid at this rate, 
since there were so many “tax 
breaks." The current policy is 
to keep the system simple — 
keep deductions to the mini¬ 
mum, so that people actually 
pay tax at the nominal rate. 

The courts have also played 
their pari. A series of House of 
Lords decisions, starting with 
the 1981 Ramsay case, mean 
there is little point in relying 
on artificial tax schemes. 

Despite these trends, there 
is ofien a great deal which can 
be achieved by sensible long¬ 
term planning. 

The last Budget abolished 
relief for deeds of covenant 
effected after March 14 1988, 
(unless they were made in 
favour of charities). This 
brought to an end a very 
widely-used way in which 
parents took advantage of 
their children's tax allowances 
to cover part of the living costs 
while the children were at 


university or college. How¬ 
ever, it is possible to obtain 
the same relief in a slightly 
more complicated way. 

The key is to create a 
settlement under which your 
son or daughter is entitled to 
the income for a period which 
is capable of exceeding six 
years and to transfer invest¬ 
ments to the trustees of that 
settlement. The formula 

i There is little 
point in relying 
on artificial 
tax schemes % 

which determines the period 
can be identical to that used in 
deeds of covenant: 

Your daughter. _ shall be 

entitled to all income arising 
to the trustees for a period of 
seven years or until she ceases 
to be " in receipt of full-time 
education, whichever be the 
shorter period. 

The income of the settle¬ 
ment for this period will 
belong to your son or daughter 
for basic rate tax purposes, 
although the trustees will be 
taxed in the first instance and 
your son or daughter will have 
to file a repayment claim. 
When the period has elapsed, 
the settlement will come to an 
end and the capital win revert 
to you. 

You, as settler (ie, the 
person who created the settle¬ 
ment), will be assessable for 


higher rale purposes, in that 
the Inland Revenue will 
charge 15 per cent of the 
settlement income. However, 
there is no real change here, as 
payments under non-char¬ 
itable deeds of covenant were 
not allowed for higher rate 
purposes: the net effect is 
precisely the same. 

No stamp duty or capital 
gains tax need be payable on 
setting up such a settlement, 
or on transferring assets to the 
trustees. An election under 
section 78 of the Finance Act 
1981 may be necessary for 
capital gains tax purposes. No 
inheritance tax will be payable 
on the creation of the settle¬ 
ment or when the settlement 
comes to an end. 

How do you go about 
creating such a settlement? 
Unfortunately, there is no 
standard form, so you will 
need to consult a solicitor. 
However, a one-off charge ot 
say, £250 will be recouped 
many times over if you have, 
for example, three children 
who will be undergoing higher 
education, and they can re¬ 
cover income tax of nearly 
£600 per annum. 

For example, if you pres¬ 
ently have investments worth 
£20,000 which produce in¬ 
come of £2,000 per annum. As 
a 40 per cent taxpayer, you 
have net spendable income of 
£ 1 . 200 . 

If you set up a settlement of 
this nature, your son or daugh¬ 


ter win receive net income of 
£1400. However, they can 
recover £500 if they have no 
other taxable income. On the 
other band, you may be ass¬ 
essed for tax purposes at 15 
per cent on £2.000 ie, tax 
payable of £300. Nevertheless, 
your family will be at least 
£500 a year better off 

In the past, deeds of cov- 
enant have been used to 

6 A great deal can 
be achieved 
by sensible 
planning 9 

transfer income to an elderly 
relative in order to make use 
of his or her tax allowance. 
This wUl be at least £3.180 if 
he or she is aged over 65 and 
has no income apart from the 
state retirement pension, and 
if no action is taken, more 
than £1.000 of this allowance 
win go to waste. As a family, 
you may be throwing away tax 
relief of between £250 and 
£400 a year! 

One approach is to set up a 
settlement, but another tech¬ 
nique may be more appro¬ 
priate here. Suppose you have 
a widowed mother and you 
anticipate having to contrib¬ 
ute £25 per month to her 
upkeep. You earn more than 
£25.000, so you are subject to 
40 per cent tax. This means 
that you have to earn £500 per 
annum in order to be able to 


pay your mother £25 per 
month. However, there is a 
way of providing your moiher 
with this income and getting 
tax relief of £2.000. 

The way to do this is lo 
invest £5.000 in one of ihe 
syndicates which invest in 
enterprise zone properties. 
You can deduct the cost of th is 
investment from your taxable 
income, so the true cost to you 
will be only £3.000. You then 
give the investment to your 
mother. This can be done 
without your forfeiting the tax 
relief that you have enjoyed. 

She will receive a guar¬ 
anteed rental income of about 
£300 per annum which will be 
tax-free as it is covered by her 
personal allowance. In due 
course, you will probably re¬ 
ceive the investment back 
under your mother’s will — 
meanwhile, it will have pro¬ 
vided a 10 per cent return on 
your net outlay. 

Do-it-yourself tax planning 
can be dangerous. You will 
need professional help in mak¬ 
ing the necessary elections and 
agreeing the position with the 
Inland Revenue. However, 
despite the widespread simp¬ 
lification there are no grounds 
for despondency (or complac¬ 
ency). There is plenty of scope 
for tax planning yet. 

Tony Foreman 

The author is a taxation 
partner with Panned Kerr 
Forster, the accountant. 


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TOO LATE? 


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of when to invest in unit trusts 

In today’s markets, timing your investment is a serious problem. The 
Mercury Capital Investment Plan can solve the problem by transferring 
your money progressively from a building society account into unit 
trusts over two years. 

Meanwhile it earns good interest, which goes to increase the total 
amount invested. The minimum investment is £1,000. 

Mercury Fund Managers Ltd. is part of one of the UK’s largest fund 
management groups and has a reputation for consistent long-term 
performance. 

You should remember that the value of unit trust investments and 
building society interest fates can fluctuate. 


For full details of the Plan please return the coupon below, or 
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1988 saw the fastest rate of growth in 
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unemployment, rising profits and 
governments committal to controlling 
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growth. Moreover, the approach of the “angle 
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And, out of all 106 European funds, 
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Indeed, £1,000 invested at launch would now 
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this month’s “Planned Savings” magazine 
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FAMILY MONEY 


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MONEY 25. 


Maria Scot t hears how and why National Savings Capital Bonds are being ^knowingly undersold 8 

A case of heightened interest 



Lawson: introduced Capital Bonds 


National Savings has been under¬ 
selling its new Capital Bond, accord¬ 
ing to research by accountants 
Coopers & LybrandL The yield on 
the bond will be higher than the rates 
quoted by National Savings — 
especially for higher rate taxpayers. 

The reason. Coopers & Lybrand 
says, is that National Savings has 
adopted a conservative approach on 
tax calc u la t ions. 

According to tax legislation, in¬ 
terest paid gross from a number of 
sources—including the gross-paying 
National Savings products — is 
taxed on a proceeding year baas. 
This means that tax is calculated in 
the first two years on the actual 
interest earned. But from the third 
year, until the last two years the 
investment is held, the tax is based 
on interest earned in the previous 
year. In the case of the Capital Bond 
— a five-year investment — this 


means that tax in the third year is 
based on interest paid in the second. 

This would not have much impact 
were it not for 1 the feet that the 
interest paid on the bond is sharply 
raked —from 5.5 per cent in the first 
year, to 8.5 per cent in the second, 
11.5 in the third, 14.5 in the fourth 
and 20.6 percent in the fii mt year. 

This is all part of the design to 
persuade investors to keep their 
money in the bond for the full five 
years. 

The bond was launched at the 
Tory party conference last year by 
tire Chancellor, Mr Nigel Lawson, 
and was heralded as a way of 
encouraging sayings without the 
Government giving away too many 
lax breaks. 

An investment of £1,000 by a 
basic rale taxpayer would bring a tax 
bill over five years of £180.12, 
compared with £190.61 if tax had 


been calculated on actual interest all 
the way along. For a 40 per cent 
taxpayer the trill would be £288.19, 
compared with £304.97—a “saving” 
of £16.78. 

The tax treatment of the bond 
means that returns are potentially 
9.61 per cent for a basic rate 
taxpayer, and 8.07 per cent for a 
higher rate payer, says Coopers. 
These figures compare with the 9 per 
cent and 722 per cent, respectively, 
being quoted by National Savings. 

Coopers’ calculation does not 
assume that the investor borrows 
money to pay the tax, although all 
income on the bond is rolled up and 
paid at the end of the term, while the 
tax has to be paid annually. 

National Savings confirmed that 
it assumed an dement of borrowing. 
A spokesman said it had also 
assumed that tax was charged on 
actual interest earned each year. 


“We take the conservative view 
b e caus e individual circumstances 
vary,** he said. “We would not want 
to present the best possible view of 
the yield because it might not apply 
to some people.” 

Miss Cathy Gordon, head of 
personal financial planning at Coo¬ 
pers, rays: “Capital Bonds are likely 
to be a good investment for non- 
taxpayers. They may also be attrac¬ 
tive to anyone not requiring an 
immediate income. In addition, for 
the majority of taxpayers, the net 
rates of return compare favourably 
with other equivalent forms of 
investment.” 

The bond has been a success. It 
took in £45 million in the first three 
weeks and is now drawing in nearly 
£20 million a week. National Sav¬ 
ings says the 12 per cent rate is an 
introductory “special offer” and it 
could be withdrawn at any time. 


OFT reports points to rapid 
increase in funeral costs 


A recent report from the 
Office of Fair Trading shows 
that funeral costs are racing 
well ahead of inflation. 
Undertakers’ bills have in¬ 
creased by 28 per cent more 
than inflation since I97S. 
Average costs are now nudg¬ 
ing the £600 mark but some 
funerals cost nearer £1,000. 

The report also noted that 
up to three-quarters of all 
undertakers had broken the 
National Association of Fune¬ 
ral Directors’ Code, which 
requires that price lists should 
be available in each office, and 
that estimates of total cost 
should always be provided. 

In 1987 the Government 
abolished the universal Death 
Grant—worth a mere £30—in 
favour of more generous 
grants from the Social Fund, 
often for the total cost of the 
funeral, targeted at those on a 
low income. 

To qualify, claimants must 
be the person who has taken 
responsibility for the funeral 
arrangements, and must be in 
receipt of a “qualifying bene¬ 


fit" — Income Support, Hous¬ 
ing Benefit, or Family Credit. 

Items which can be covered 
by a funeral payment are set 
out in regulations, providing 
the costs are “reasonable.” 
However, the payment may be 
reduced i£ 

• There is money imm¬ 
ediately available from the 
dead person's estate — once 
the estate has gone through 
probate, some or all of the 
grant may have to be repaid. 
However, any property or 
personal possessions left to a 
widow or widower will not be 
counted as part of the estate, 
and will not be used to pay any 
money back to the Social 
Fund. 

0 There is money available 
from any insurance policies or 
charities, or from friends or 
relatives of the claimant or the 
deceased. 

0 The claimant — or his or her 
partner — has savings greater 
than £500. 

The funeral payment is 
intended to help towards the 
cost of a simple funeral held 


within the United Kingdom. 
The payment can include the 
reasonable cost offlowersjrius 
travel expenses incurred for 
one return journey made to 
arrange or to attend the 
funeraL 

Claims for funeral expenses 
should be made on Form 
SF200, which is available 
from local Social Security 
offices, within three months of 
the funeral If the deceased 
leaves any estate, the cost of 
the funeral can be reclaimed. 

The OFT report also sug¬ 
gests that people should con¬ 
sider making their own 
funeral arrangements in ad¬ 
vance. For those who are able 
to afford the payments. Cho¬ 
sen Heritage Limited offers 
prearranged prepaid funer¬ 
als. There is a choice of 
“Traditional” at £715 or 
“Simplicity” at £525 — which 
can be paid in instalments. 

Charles Jackson 

Chosen Heritage ; Freepost, 
East Grinstead. Sussex RH19 
17A (Freefone 0800 525 555) 


When interest rates on loans 
become a matter of Choice 


Would you apply for a loan 
without knowing the interest 
rate? The TSB hopes you will, 
by picking up the telephone to 
arrange an unsecured loan, 
revolving credit, or first or 
second mortgage, without 
knowing in advance the rates 
of interest. 

Rather tike motor in¬ 
surance, the new TSB Choice 
scheme will risk-rate the cus¬ 
tomer ami make an offer. 

The selling point is that the 
service is quick, friendly and 
even “enjoyable” according to 
Philip Haynes, general man¬ 
ager of Choice. The telephone 
Call Should last HO fong er than 
about 10 minutes. While the 
salesman is typing out your 
details - income, occupation, 
home ownership and so on. 



Hayses Choke manager 

the fects wing their way 
through to a credit reference 
agency, so by the end of the 
call, a provisional offer can be 
made. This is followed up by a 
letter winch must be signed 


and returned. The more risky 
you seem, the higher the rate 
of interest 

In practice, the interest rate 
on personal loans is between 
20.6 and 27.5 per cent apr for 
loans between £1,000 and 
£7,500. A standard TSB per¬ 
sonal loan is 22.8 per cent apr. 

So you may be offered a 
better deal by picking up the 
telephone — or you may noL 

At least when ypu call 
Girobank you know what you 
are asking for. Their personal 
loans cost typically 23.6 per 
cent apr. But the call will be 
followed by a form that you 
have to fill in, and it wfll take a 
week before you receive a 
definite offer. 

Vivien Goldsmith 


Petition over Property Club 


The Department ofTrade is to 
petition the High Court to 
wind up Property Chib Sales, 
the Wiltshire holiday com¬ 
pany. The petition, which has 
been set down for hearing on 
Febniary 1, is made under 
Section 440 of the Companies 
Act, which allows the Sec¬ 
retary of State to request the 
compulsory winding-up of 
any company if he believes 
this would be in the public 
interest. 

An investigation by The 
Times last October found that 
Property Club Sales was offer¬ 
ing holidays for life in Te¬ 
nerife and the Algarve. 
However, Mr Jeffrey Coates, 
the man behind the company. 


ByTany Herttarin glo n 

was unable to produce evi¬ 
dence that any property was 
owned by the dub. 

In addition to marketing 
membership of the dub, Mr 
Coates offered franchises to 
would-be local representatives 
who paid £4,500 to sefl the 
scheme, drawing a com¬ 
mission for each new member 
signed up. 

More than 20 area fran¬ 
chises were sold before some 
investors complained that 
properties pictured in Qub 
brochures did not in feet 
belong to the Club. 

The Times also found that 
Property Club was being 
pusrued by a long list of 
creditors claiming payment 


for company formation and 
banking expenses, accoun-j 
fancy fees, office services,: 
computer equipment, promo-! 
tional films and brochure' 
desig n. 

Coates claimed the com¬ 
plaints against him and the 
Oub were the work of “a small 
number of dissidents,” who 
were “making statements that 
are totally untrue.” 

This week a Department of 
Trade spokesman said: “The 
winding-up petition follows 
an investigation under Section 
447 of the Companies Act, 
and pending bearing of the 
petition the Official Receiver 
has been appointed as pro¬ 
visional liquidator.” 


MOR 

GRENF 






EUROPEAN GROWTH 
UP36-3% SINCE LAUNCH 


Since launch in April 1988 the Morgan Grenfell 
European Growth Trust has increased by 36-3% to beat 
all other pan-European funds.* 

No wonder the Morgan Grenfell Group manages over 
£2 0 billion in Europe. 

For full details return the coupon below or telephone 
us today. 

•sourer: Mirropjl, offer to hid, net income reinvested 1.4.88 -16.1.8* 


CM I t KM 0S00-282465 


To Morgan Grenfell Unit Trust Managers Limited, 46 New Broad Street. 

London EC2M »UT. _. _ 

Please send me details of the Morgan Grenfell European Growth Trust. 





_Toivn- 


Luuntv- 


. Postcode. 



IVi i.-rfrtnnJiiu* is not nitcvorilyj guide in fu t urv performance. The xalur of ihi* investment may j 

* ^iutiuate anil is noi guaraniin-J. l-.Miid hi Morgan Grenfell Unit Trust Manager* Limited. ' 

Member ufLAUTKO. IMKOand thv Ul»H Trust Association. T lfi , ^ ■ 


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Since 1974, the authoritative financial 
journal Planned Savings has published 
surveys of money paid out by regular con¬ 
tribution with profits personal pension 
policies owrr H), 15 and 20 jears. 

The results, in the table above, we 
think speak for tfaemseiwes. 

Out of a total of 27 tables published 
since 1974, The Equitable has sot bees 


lower than 3rd on 22 occasions and never 
our of the top 10. 

No other company has come dose to 
our record of achievement. 

Please rememba; though, that past 
performance is not a guarantee of future 
performance. 

Call Aylesbury (0296) 26226 or write 
to The Equitable Life, FREEPOSX ^Xfelton 


Street, Ayicsburj^ Buckinghamshire 
HP21 TBRifyou would like further infor¬ 
mation by post or by telephone. 


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Before jrou toot to your future, look to ant put. 



























MONEY 


THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


, «gj \ 


With over1,200 unit trusts available and more being 
launched each month, how do you know which to 
choose? 

tn reality there are only three basic types of unft 
trust M&G has an outstandingly successful example 
ofeach: 

Recovery Fund for capital growth. 

Dividend Fund for increasing income. 

Second General Fund for a balance 
between income and growth. 

It would be hard to find three funds with more 
convincing long term records. Oneof them is Btelyto 
be the right choice for you. 

Past performance cannotbeagu ar anteeforthe 
future. 

The priceof units andthetncomefromthem can 
go down as weU as up. 


tf you need income which will grow over the years M&G Dividend Fund 
could be your ideal investment The Fund invests in a wide range of 
ordinary shares and aims to provide above averse via increasing 
income from higher yielding shares. _ 

COMPARATIVE PERFCmAWCE TABLE 

ELOOO invested Hifnamwunts at the bunch o< USGOwdMdFim cnftfi Uay.1964. 

anvared with a solar investment m a fiatomg Society. 


Year ended 

310ECEMBER 

M&G 

DIVIDEND 

HJfUDfWG 

SOCIETY 

M&G 

DIVIDEND 

BIDDING 

SOCIETY 

6 May'64 

_ 

_ 

ajooo 

£1.000 

1965 

£40 

£38 

1420 

, xooo 

1970 

46 

49 

1076 

1000 

1975 

83 

72 

3U630 

xooo 

1980 

166 

103 

Z428 

xooo 

1985 

228 

87 

6516 

xooo 

25 JAN *89 

- 

- 

1X286 

xooo 


M&G Recovery Fund is probably the most successful unrt trust ever 
launched and the table below shows justhow well it has achieved its aim 
of capital growth. The Fund buys the shares of companies which have 
fallen on hard times. Losses must be expected when a company fails to 
recover but the effect of a tumround can be dramatic 

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE TABLE Value of S.000 rivaled at the launch 
of MSG Recovery fund on 23rd May 1969. wrtft net income renvefled. 


NOTES Wimcorrehg^awnaene of haste rate tat 

The Bulctng Society ncome fibres are based on the average rate otaBuMmgSocxfy 

Share Account (soiree: Central StafistualOHice-Financial StatBtKS} U&GDmcfenO 

capnd ea aedlrffltnaion values £1.000inveset) m M&G DwwJeod Fund name 

ivht5on25ltiJanua^l96AwoiMhaveproduce(iannxmeo(£77inl9a8andthe 

cac*.Hv»otJdtavegoiriioiZ3730y25ltiJami3yl9l?9 'EsomaedfoMheyMr. 

lii-.1M.Ujll SECOND GENERAL 

M&G Second General Trust Fund aims for consistent growth of both 
capital and income and has a 32-year performance record which is second 
to none ft has a wide spread of shares mainly in British companies and 
expected yield in line with the F.T. Actuaries Ail-Share Index. 

COMnRATTVEreRFORUANCETABLE.Vabeof£l,OOOirivestedattlie 
launch of M4G Second General on 5lh June 1956, with net income reel vested. 


Yearended 
3i DECEMBER 

23 Mav'69 
19 iO 
1975 
19S0 
1985 

25 JAN ‘89 


M&G 

RECOVERY 

££000 

£176 

2.640 

10256 

27,080 

63.736 


F.TOftCWlARY 

INDEX 

£1000 

857 

1112 

1729 

4.947 

7357 


BUILDING 

SOCIETY 

£1000 

1080 

1466 

2.154 

3240 

4.061“ 



M&G 

F.T. ORDINARY 

BUUSNG 

31 DECEMBER 

SECOND 

INDEX 

SOCIETY 

5June'56 

£XQOO 

££000 

££000 

I960 

X952 

2.008 

£167 

1965 

3X32 

2.623 

£397 

1970 

4,648 

3,054 

£742 

1975 

7984 

3962 

2366 

1980 

19940 

6X60 

3.476 

1985 

54900 

17.624 

5929 

25 JAN *9 

100,648 

26.922 

6954- 


NOTES fill htnjr?? include rem'.’iKledincijnie net orsdsic-rafe lei 

The Building Sooery hgutes aie based an Pie average rale of e Bulking Society 

Share Account fsourcerCenrral Sfairswal Grice - financial Sraisftcs) 

M4G Recovery figures are ell reakaenon values. An mvestmenlof £1000 in MSG 
Recovery fund on 25th January mnxita have groan :o £3.307 by 

?5fh January I&3S* --vith net income reinvested "Estimated. 


M&G Se-^jnd General irgures are an realisation values An investment ol £1000 
in P-t&GSecond Generafon 25tti January 1984 would have grown to£2.431 by 
25tn January 1989 with ref income reinvested. “Estimated 


FURTHER INFORMATION On 25th January 1989 
offered prices and estimated gross current yields were 

Income Accumulation Yield Spread 
Recovery 614-8pxd 842-5p 4-08% 5.43% 
Dividend 596-7p 2923-2p 4-92% 5.43% 

SECOND 1029.Ip *d 2169-3p 3-31% 6.10% 
The pnees are calculated as at 915 am each busness day Puces 
and yiefdsappear daily in the FnaneiaJ Times. Thespreadis [he 
difference between the ‘ottered price' tat which you buy umts) 


Scheme Particulars be sent withyour contract note. However, if you would Beethe Scheme 
Particitiars before in vestir« or the latest fund reports, you can obtain them free of charee front 
M&G Securities limited M&G House. Victoria Road, Chelmsford CM1 lfB.Tafc (0245) 


To: M&G SECURITIES LIMITED, M&G HOUSE. VICTORIA ROAD. CHELMSFORD CM11FB. 
Please invest the sum(s) indicated below m the FundlS) of my choree (minimum investment 


uinerence oeroeen me onereo price tat wniai you buy urntsi ■ Please invest the sum(s) indicated below tn the rundlsjof my choree (rmnimum mvc 

* ■"•**>»"*aoool..ACClmUlAnOiW^ «■**.<* 


vary the pnang base of the units and also the spread witnm a 
range calculated m accordance with statutory regulations- An 


Accumutawm units will be issued for Recovery and SECOND and income units will be issued tor 


range, calculated m accordance with statutory regulations An | joi™ huiucmucv w 

initial charge of 5% is included m the ottered price. An annual I Dividend) atthe pnee ruling on receipt of this application. I enclose a cheque made payable to 
charge of up to of each funds, value - currently 1-? for ■ M&G Securities limited. u H — - - ■ 


Recovery and Second General and 3 ityor Dividend - plus VAT 
IS deducted from gross income Incomefor Accumulation units 
is reinvested to increase their value and for income units its 
distributed net of basic rate tan on the following dates' 

__ Recovery Dividend SECOND 

Distributions Iff®" 

__ 20 Aug 15 Jufy 15 Aug 

AppScstiom required by 16Jw > 89 20May *89 2.fim , 89 
for next distribution nn 20 Aug‘89 15 July-89 15Aug~a9 

Higher-rate taxpayer wd have a further liability to tax. 
Non-taxpayei* can redaim the tax credit from the Inland 
Revenue. Capital gams tax 1988/89. An individual's first 
£5,000 of realised capital gams will be exempt from tax. Gams 
in excess of £5.000 will be added to the individual’s other 
iruxime and taxed at the rates of tax applicable Gains arcing 
-bfiforeSiSi March J9S2 are notnovi subject toc3CMt2igams tax 
andgams3mce31stMarchl982aresubpctfoindexattonrislief. 

Vbu can buy orsdl umtsonany business day. Contracts for sale 
will be due far settlement by the date shown on the contract 
note. The Trustee for Dividend and Recovery is Ba'days Bank 
TrustCo. Limited andtorSECONDis Uoyds Bank Pi.- The Funds 
are aH vmde'-range investments and are authorised under the 
Financial Services Act 1S86. 


tour certificate wiVfi)»rw shortly In entering 
otto bus contract uidh M&G youimR not have 
any right to canoetthe contract under the 
Fmanoa)Services (Cancellation) Rules 1988. 

RECOVERY |c ^ 

mwaootn I* Ul 

DIVIDEND [7 "nr 

WW110001 * _ w 

SECOND c ^ 

itavnoogi 1 uv 


HURMOlMCtS) 

(Mr/Mw/lta) 


MEMBER OF MBO AND 
UUTRO. MEMBER OF UM. 


8fg-am;*iE<igt3'oHa W'-j ^i?»cr rri-frOo»rtVjw^tMLixwi£tWfeaO nitoV-'iiWiMWWioresoertior fwifcnoliiicoliriuoa 


If you had chosen fifteen years ago to BHjj it fji j m sy 
save £25 a month m a buildmg society, 

and had left the interest to accumulate, » i [ § | ’ I | " 

fay 1st January 1989 your total outlay of ^^B gjla i 

£4,500 would have built up to £8,579. 

On the other hand, if you had chosen - 1 

to save the same amount each 

month in M&G SECOND GENERAL tMtunetwii» BA 
Trust Rind, you would have built up an nwlllKreilAN ivgg 

investment worth £24,870, an extra £25 S S? S |“tS? s l 15 ^ 

OW AMONTH 

You can start an M&G Unit Trust ----- - 

Savings Plan with as fittfe as £25. By -flrcasSggflff - LSSS JM- - 4 i0p 

saving a regular amount you take the m&G Recovery 2,674 10^81 39509 

worry outo f wtiento invest and canroake ^ GOi¥fclend ^51 10,029 29 .196 

fluctuations in the stnekmarket work to mm™™, ?17Q B5M 

your advantage because more units are M&GSEC0 * D 2479 8589 24870 

bought when th«r price is low man when BuMngSotiety 1,821 4554 8579 

it is high. ---- 

Unit trusts are an excellent method All performam^figures includejncorriereirivested 
of mvesting m the various stodanarkets netofbasc-rateuxThefiguresfortheM&G Funds 
of the world, and are idea) for regular are all realisation values. The Budding Society 
investment over the longer term. They are figures a re bas ed on the average rate of Building 

not suitable for monevvmi mav need at Soaety Share Account {Source. Central Statistical 
iWTsuraoie ror money you may neea at _ Fma nG ai Sfahshcs.) You sbcxAJ 

short notice. . remember that paslperfomiani® is no guarantee 

The price of umts and the incomefrom tor the future, 
them may go down as wefl as up. - 

«VjSCi«Ti=su.MiTit>ia4iwou2 vnwwn CKivnoosmt ip ic:i*,:i 


M&G Recovery 
M&G Dividend 
M&GSECOND 
SuMmg Society 


loraws israua 
fro® Ifore 

UwWW UWUW 

£ £ 

3,000 4,500 

10£81 39509 
10.029 29.196 
8,589 24870 


AH performance figures ipdudemcome reinvested 
net of basic-rate tax The figuresfor the M&G Funds 
are all reahsahon values. The Butting Society 
figures are based on the average rate of Building 
SoaetyShare Account (Source-. Central Statistical 1 
Office - Financial Statistics.) You staid: 
remember that past performance is no guarantee 
for the future 


Ycur Sawings Ran subscriptions go into 
Accumulation units of the fund you choose at the 
price ruling on recaptof payment and net income is 
automatically reinvested. AB the funds are wider- 
'range mvestments and are authorised under the 
Financial Services Act1986. Detailed information on 
Recovery, Dividend and SECOND General s given 
above The Rules of the Plan, Scheme Particulars, 
and thelatestarmualandbalf yeariy reportson these 
funds can be obtained, free of charge, from M&Gs 
Customer Services Department at tire address below. 

The only charges are those you normally pay 
with unit trusts - 5% tnduded in the initial price of 
units and up to 1% annually for management There 
are no extra charges for this Savings Plan. 

\tou can vary the amount you pay and you are 
free to cash in your accumulated investment or part 
ol it. at any time without penalty. 

The securities in a unrt trust are Wd in safe 
custody by theTrustee(one of themajorbank$).'fou 
can follow the progress of your plan by bolong up 
toe prceef units andfheaaremyiettintheRnancial 
Times or other Ieac6ng newspapers. You buy units at 
the ’offer price and seR at the twf pnee. 

SAVINGS PLANS FOR CHILDREN 

The mtnhnum age for the Unit Trust Savings 
Plan is 14, but accounts for younger children 
can be opened m the name of an adult and 
designated with the child's hill name. 


To: M&G SECURITIES LIMITED, M&G HOUSE, VICTORIA ROAD. CHELMSFORD CM11FB. 


HOCX CAPITALS. PUASC 


I WISH TO SUBSCRIBE 



(mm 
.00 £25] 


each month to the M&G UnftTrust Saving PJaj 
and I enclose a cheque (made payaUe to M&G 
Securities limited] tor my Erstsubscoption iri 1 

-.(you may wish to start your 

--£2j ptan with a lump sum). 


[BANKERSORDER DO NOT DETACH FROM APPLICATION FORM 


LD-Ln-CIDissr 


Sw you Cheque 
too* (or debts 

Acawnt Ha SS7I3270 tor the aaM of MAC Securities Unfctod 

•W-wwIlEAVEBMMQ [ V | \ I I 1 ]| 1 M I H Ti 


19——wdawmue to pay ttat mourn on t 


■_»i__ _ — . .-- ■ ^ w M.. . lun «■■■■■■,....fViTTTT nTTl 

RSWrSlRWiifV n ,ram ma Jnd nf *«L*it "tfti you rrwn time to tine «ti sutfi papnoits. 


I wish my subscriptions to be 
invested in the Fund circled. 

M&G RECOVERY 
M&G DIVIDEND 
M&G SECOND 


rn« i/nis mU be m the name of MSG 

Swfuotfs United and t>eki for mur acetun under the 
tuies of me plan ii m Sevvtgs flan account a being 
opened for the benefit of a child, please fill in here 
me full name of the etuld 


The operation of your account wffi be sublet to toe 
Rules of the Plan. 

l uDtJPSawl fba farther siismotora can be made at «iy tme 
(numun £25) and Out I can restee my hoUng on any busrass 
OaywsBvwoenityatthetwlonoeniro. 


Member of BRO and Lautru 
- M*nternUnA 


ftswertflute m,:srcia4ciUl 
Tr»feQuK.TcMrW.lflManECjRSBQ. 

This otter is net to resxlents 

crfrheReputttfofketaml 



THE M&G GROUP 


FAMILY MONEY 

Investment company’s sales methods u nder scrutiny by Fimtoa 

High-yield firm investigated 

O v _..tivp said- “We have no knowledge ol 


Fimbra, the investor protection body, a 
investigating the sales methods of a small 
investment company based in Hertford¬ 
shire after the appearance of false and 
misleading advertising in an EngLisfa- 
f.-mgiiagp newspaper in Spain with a a 
wide circulation among British 
expatriates. 

Alexander Investments Trading Lim¬ 
ited is also being asked to explain why, 
when its only known office is in a private 
bouse in the village of Wareside, 
potential investors in Britain are con¬ 
tacted from a London address by a man 
who is not a Fimbra member or 
registered as a representative of 
Alexanders. 

Alexanders offers an equity and 
income protection plan with a target 
yield of 20 per cent ayear.The high yield 
is said to be possible by the expert use of 
call options. 

The scheme involves an investment of 
at least £10,000 in one holding of blue 
chip shares. Options are then sold to a 
I potential purchaser who pays a premium 
for the right to buy the shares during a 
fixed period at a predetermined {nice. If 
the shares rocket, the holder of the 
option exercises the right to buy and 
makes an instant profit. If the shares fell, 
or rise only a little, the holder of the 
option will let it lapse and the original 
investor will keep both his shares and the 
money paid for the option. 

While there is no risk other than the 
normal one «h?f shares can fall in value, 
it requires expert tuning to generate a 
return as htgb as 20 per cent after 
expenses — and without falling into the 
trap of selling an option just before the 
share price rises and makes it inevitable 
that the option will be exercised. 

According to an advertisement pub¬ 
lished in The Entertainer , a respected 
newspaper based in Almeria: “The plan 
is fully approved under the IIK govern¬ 
ment's Financial Services Act 1987, and 
regulated by both FIMBRA and IMRO.” 
The advertisement has the Fimbra logo 
at the head. 

Immediately above it is an unsigned 
article which claims: “To date, £2 
million of Iberian investment has gone 
into the fund.” The scheme's 20 per cent 
target yield is “made even more de- 


■ Details of the changes to 
the maintenance payments 
system, announced in last 
year's Budget, have been 
published by the Inland 
Revenue, Copies of the leaflet 
number IR77, are avafiabte 
from local tax offices. 

■ National & Provincial 
Building Society plans to take 
the sting out of the increase 

1 in mortgage payments for the 
I 90 per cent of its borrowers 
who pay through its budget 
plan. For them, monthly 
payments rise steeply next 
month. But people with 
endowments now have the 
option to spread the extra 
they owe over the remaining 
years of the mortgage or 
over two years. Borrowers with 
repayment mortgages can 
extend the term up to 30 years 
or the extra they owe over 
the life of the existing loan. 

■ The Government’s 
proposals for reform of the 
legal profession has 
prompted a reminder from 
Allianz Legal Protection 
about an existing source of 
help with legal costs. The 
company says that its F>ersonal 
Lawplan policy provides 24- 
hour access to a legal 
telephone advice service 

and £50,000 of cover against 
personal injury, motoring, 
consumer, home rights and 
employment problems. The 
premium is £68 a year. 


mive said: “We have no knowledge of 
sirable by its rating as a Fimbra We take a serious view of 

approved fund." .. , r thdruseof our name.” 

However, inquiries by The Times Brigden disowned the advertise- 

the Investment meat and accompanying article in The 


• Neither Fimbra nor thelnvestment Kad attracted 

Management Regulatory Organisation, ^ ibiDR % x ^ £2 million. “It was an 
(Imro) regulates thepteiL nLctemable form of advertisement. It 

• The use ofFimbras ggSSdthe plan had been going for 

imply approval of the scheme breaches mfli p hastfL Wc tave 


Fimbra rules. 

• The sole director of Alexander Invest¬ 
ments Trading admits the fund has 
attracted nowhere near £2 million. 

• The Financial Services Act (1986. not 
1987) does not set out to approve 
investment plans, only to esta blish a 
regulatory framework for those offering 
them to the public 

Alexanders is beaded by Mr Paul 
Brigden, a chartered accountant, and is 
<ai< t to be based at his home in 
Hertfordshire. Bui potential investors 
are contacted by Mr Richard Heston, 
who operates the London School of 
Investment in Gloucester Road, Ken¬ 
sington. Mr Hexton also runs Noble 
Investments Limited, which is raid to 
advise Alexanders on the operation of 
the options plan. Noble is not a Fimbra 
member but holds interim authorization 
from the Securities and Investments 
Board, pending a decision by Fimbra on 
its application for membership. This was 
lodged more than 10 months ago and is 

still being considered. 

However, Mr Hexton recently told an 
investor replying to an Alexander 
advertisement: “Noble Investments is a 
Fim bra-approved company for manag¬ 
ing die account—you are Fimbra-ap- 
proved all the way down the line.** 

He continued: “Alexander is in what is 
called the C3 category; they are actually 
allowed to hold money on your behalt” 
Yet Fimbra said: “Noble Investments 
is not a Fimbra member. U is not 
approved by Fimbra. Alexanders is in 
our Cl category. C3 is for the full scope 
of activities we regulate.” 

Mr Hexton told The Times his 
company was an “interim member” of 
Fimbra. Mr Brigden agreed that Alexan¬ 
der Investments Trading Limited, of 
which he is director, hdd Cl status. “We 
are waiting for C3 to come through.” 

Mr John Morgan, taro's chief exec- 

BRIEFINGS 



Pandaring to the children 


■ A children’s account, 
called World Savers, linked to 
donations to the World 
Wide Fund for Mature has 
been launched try the 
National We stmins ter Baric. 
The bank wffl donate £1 for 
every World Severe account 
opened and OS per cent of 
annual balances. Children 
aged seven and over 
become fun members, entitled 


to gifts including a Royal 
Mint medal - stamped with 
the image of an 
endangered animal—a 
memberehfri card giving 
discounts on entry to selected 
witdfife parks, theme parks 
and museums. Gifts for 
eftikfren raider seven 
include a Panda money box 
(above) and a paying-in 
book cover. 


quite a while, and it nasn L we have 
written to the chap who actually put the 
advertisement in, and asked for all 
further advertisements to be referred to 
us." Mr Brigden was "not 100 per cent 
sure" who bad placed the advertisement 
“Our agents in Spain, International 
Securities Limited, knew about it” 

In 6a the advertisement and article 
were submitted by Mr Patrick Knowles, 
a Mar be Ua-based British businessman, 
says the paper's financial correspondent, 
Mr Bill Blevins. Mr Blevins rays the 
paper has a policy of refusing advertising 
from any company which is not a 
member of one of the City watchdog 
bodies or the Gibraltar equivalent “We 
previously refused advertising, but when 
it was c onfir med that Alexander Invest¬ 
ments was indeed a Fimbra company, 
there was no real reason to refuse.” 

Mr Knowles says that the offending 
advertisement and false claims in the 
article were “a mistake." “ We have 
actually done a lot of work to rectify it. 
The wrong article was delivered by a 
member of staff who was’no longer 
employed by him. 

Mr Knowles said A lexand ers was 
wrong in saying it was represented in 
Spain by International Securities Ltd. 
“There is no such company," he said. “It 
is City Securities SA." __ 

Mr Mike Connolly, editor of The 
Entertainer , said the first fox he received 
from Mr Knowles was from Inter¬ 
national Securities. 

The SIB, Fimbra, and taro have all 
looked into claims made by Alexander 
Investments and its agents recently. 
They are concerned at the apparent ease 
with which a fully authorized British 
investment company could be misrepre¬ 
sented, with or without its knowledge, in 
claims made by ihird parties. 

Tony Hetherington 


■ Six months after foe 
personal pensions leepstation 
came into force, there are 
stffl 150 Insurance companies 
waiting for foe wording of 
their contracts to be approved 
by foe Inland Revenue. In 
the meantime, the companies 
have interim approval and 
cSents’ money goes into a tax- 
free fund and they are 
entitled to tax reflef just as if 
the plan was fully approved. 
But one customer of Norwich 
Union was upset that he 

has not received his 
documentation and was not 
given a full explanation ol What 
had happened to his money 
in foe meantime."I stM don t 
know whether or not I 
actually have a pension," he 
protested. The Inland 
Revenue and foe insurance 
companies are confident 
that all will go smoothly and all 
will eventually receive full 
approval, but clients are being 
kept in foe dark. 

■ With inflation rising, the 
National Savings fourth issue 
Index-linked certificates are 
looking increasingly attractive. 
These give a guaranteed 
tax-free return of 4.04 per cent 
on average over five years, 
plus the Inflation rate. So, with 
inflation at 6.8 per cent, 

they are paying an extremely 
competitive 10.84 per cent 
The minimum investment is 
£25 and the maximum 
£5,000. 


Buyer’s market in 
the mortgage maze 


Figures from the Buildmg 
Societies Association this 
, week confirmed that demand 
for mortgages Iras slumped. 

New lending fell to £2.7.3 
billion in December — the 
: lowest figure for any month 
since January 1987. 

More evidence that it is now 
a buyer’s market for houses 
and mortgages is seen in the 
plethora of special schemes 
being offered to tempt people 
into borrowing. 

Schemes launched this week 
include: 

BNP Mortgages, formerly 
Chemical Bank Home Loans, 
eight separate schemes, 
including mortgages to buy 
second properties, mortgages 

in francs for properties in 
France, bridging loans and 
loans for expatriates. 

Chemical Bank is also giv¬ 
ing discounts off its normal 

raieof 13.75 per cent for loans 
of £60,000 and more until 
June 30. Loans of between 
£60,000 and £100,000 receive 
a 0.5 per cent cut and those 
above£l0Q,000a0.75 percent 
cut The reduction lasts for the 
first 12 months of the loan. 

Midland Bank is offering a 


ventional five-year rate is 12.6 
percent, from February l. On 
Leo n, the scheme which 
combines a fixed rate with 
deferral of interest, the rate 
rises by 1 per cent a year — 
from 9.6 per cent in the first 
year to 12.6 in the fourth. 

The graduated payment 
plan, which also combines the 
fixed rate with deferred in¬ 
terest, starts at 9.10 per cent It 
then rises by 0.5 per cent a 
year to 11.10 per cent in the 
fifth year. 

National Westminster Bank 
has launched a parkagp for 
first-time buyers. The offer 
applies to applications re¬ 
ceived by the bank up to 
March 29, and includes a free 
valuation report and dis¬ 
counts of up to £400 on 
household goods from a num¬ 
ber of retailers. 

Sussex Canty BaOding 
Society is offering a 1 percent 
discount to first-time buyers 
fix* the first year of their 
mortgages from February. 
Based on the society’s current 
standard rate, this will bring 
interest for first tuners down 
to 12.65 percenL 

From April, the Sussex will 


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fixed rate mortgage at 12.5 per offer a “drawdown” fedfity, 
cent, which applies until allowing borrowers to arran ge 

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March 30.1991. 

The Woolwich Building 
Society is offering a fixed rate 
of 12.5 per cent over two 
years. Like the Midland’s it 
must be linked to an endow¬ 
ment or pension policy. 

The Woolwich also has a 


in advance to draw on equity 
tied up in their homes. 

Jobs Chattel, the mortgage 
broker, has a new “payment 
holiday” mortgage allowing 
borrowers to postpone mort¬ 
gage payments for three or six 
months after completion of a 


plan which reduces the cost of purchase. The deferred pay- 
a loan in the first two years, ments are added to the loan. 


Bonowers pay interest only in 
those years plus premiums on 
a mortgage protection policy. 
After two years they take out a 
conventional endowment pol¬ 
icy with the option to spread 
that over 25 or 23 years. 

UCB has set new rates on its 
fixed rate schemes. Its con- 


National Home Loans 
Corporation will now lend, at 
its norma! rates, to pro¬ 
fessional people wanting to 
use up to 40 per cent of the 
floor space of their homes for 
business purposes. 

Maria Scott 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


FAMILY MONEY 


Curing relocation blues 


A new survey shows 
companies often 
cannot persuade 
their staff to relocate 
Hugh Thompson 
seeks the reasons why 

Each year 250,000 workers 
and their families move home 
because of their jobs. Yet 
despite relocation consultants 
and high unemployment, a 
Price Waterhouse/CBI survey 
showed that companies are 
spectacularly unsuccessful at 
convincing staff to move. 

Mr Allan Cairns, head of 
Price Waterhouse's Human 
Resource consultancy, said: 
“The main reason workers do 
not follow jobs to new loca¬ 
tions is due to uncertainty and 
domestic disruption, better 
career opportunities in the 
South-east and the apprecia¬ 
tion on high-value homes.” 

When NEC Electronics 
moved its sales office in 
Motherwell, Strathclyde, to 
Milton Keynes, Buckin gham , 
shire, it offered a good reloca¬ 
tion package, promotion and 
higher salaries. It achieved 80 
per cent success. Mr Bob 
Giddy, NECs general man¬ 
ager, said: “It far exceeded our 
expectations. The house price 
difference between Mother- 
well and Milton Keynes was 
only 12 percent" 



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Looking to the future: Des Owens of NEC, mm settled In Newport Pagneli with Ids family 


Mr Des Owens is NECs 
accounting manager who 
moved from Airdrie to New¬ 
port Pagnell with his wife and 
two children. “Although we 
were anxious, especially about 
my wife leaving a large family 
and friends, 1 enjoyed my job 
and didn’t want to find 
another. I was most impressed 
with the schools and was 
aware that when the children 
leave school they may have 
more opportunities down 
south." 

Moving from Scotland to 


the South-east is less typical 
than the Law Society which 
last year moved its Training 
ami Records offices from the 
City to Reddilch, Worcester¬ 
shire. It moved 94 jobs but 
only 30 of its workers. Mr 
Geoff BignaU, assistant sec¬ 
retary general said: “Overall, 
it is not very impressive, but 
50 per cent of the senior staff 
moved. While a senior exec¬ 
utive might say hs good for 
my career and make the move, 
junior staff can make no such 
argument when they fed there 


are more opportunities in 
London.” 

To encourage mobility, the 
Inland Revenue mates certain 
tax concessions on moving ex¬ 
penses. Mr Russell Thoms, a 
managing consultant at Price 
Waterhouse, said: “A firm can 
make an interest-fine bridging 
loan to an employee to move 
and the Revenue allows it to 
be tax-free. It can pay a tax- 
free allowance over nine years 
up to £ 18,000 to soften higher 
costs in a new area and other 
expanses are tax-free. 


Treating the ills of the elderly 


When the review of the Nat¬ 
ional Health Service is un¬ 
veiled on Tuesday it is 
expected to announce tax 
incentives for private health 
insurance payments by the 
elderly. 

The insurance companies 
welcome the chance to ex¬ 
pand. but organizations such 
as Age Concern and the 
British Medical Association 
believe only a small number of 
elderly people will benefit 
from the changes. 

Although about S.7 million 
people are covered by private 
health insurance schemes, 
many feel unable to continue 
on retirement even though 
they are far more likely to be 
needing health care. 

The past few years have 
seen an increasing number of 
insurance companies taigeting 
schemes specifically at elderly 
people, or extending existing 
schemes to cover higher age 
groups. 

In 1983, Private Patients 
Plan started Retirement 
Health Plan with the aim of 
providing protection from 
long NHS waiting lists - more 
than half on the lists are over 
55. So with PPP, subscribers 
can claim for treatment in a 
private hospital only if they 
can not be treated within six 
weeks under the NHS. 

Other companies quickly 
followed PPP's example (see 
table) so the elderly now have 
a much larger, and at times 
bewildering, choice — at a 
price. It is impossible to make 


an exact comparison because 
every scheme offers slightly 
different benefits — and exclu¬ 
sions — but as the table shows, 
even the apparently most cut- 
price deal, the new Senior 
Prime Care with its no-claims 
discount of 2716 per cent for 
everyone aged 65 or over, is 
still beyond the reach of most 
pensioners. 

There are about 10 million 
people over 60 in Britain. 
Almost half depend for at least 
three quarters of their income 
on state pensions and benefits. 
Only about one third — 2.6 
million over 65 — pay tax. So 
for the majority die tax in¬ 
centives are meaningless. 

Mrs Sally Greengross, Age 
Concern director, said, even 
those elderly people who can 
afford health insurance, win 
find themselves excluded 
from crucial areas of health 


care such as long-term care in 
hospital or convalescence. 

The elderly are the main 
users of the health service but 
no health insurance scheme 
gives cover for chronic con¬ 
ditions, The financial limits 
only allow a few weeks in¬ 
patient care, and usually no 
more than two or three days 
home nursing. Many elderly 
stay in hospital long-term 
because there is not the right 
support in their own homes. 

The insurance companies 
agree that their schemes will 
not benefit the majority of 
elderly people living on mea¬ 
gre pensions. They are keen to 
expand and they stress the 
good work they do speeding 
up NHS waiting lists. 

• The main beneficiaries of 
such schemes must be reason- • 
ably healthy, (rid people need¬ 
ing operations such as hip re¬ 


placements or cataracts. They 
are buying a better quality of 
life, in terms of being treated 
more quickly and in the more 
comfortable surroundings of 
private hospitals. 

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We pay no commission. 
You pay no penalties. 
We pay you more. 


!i is a fact that in or tier in pay commission to brokers and other middlemen, some 
insurance companies impose severe penalties on their personal pension plans, should they 
subsequently change. 

Penalties tor early retirement, penalties tor reducing contributions, even penalties 
tor dying. 

The Equitable does nor pay commission for the introduction of business and does 
nnt hove any such penalties. Also because the amount of money available to be invested on 
your behalf has not been slashed by such payments, the result is more for you. In fact 
The Equitable s track record in benefits paid for regular contribution with profits personal 
pension plans L the envy of every other company. 

For example, 14 years ago the authoritative magazine "Planned Savings’ commenced 
Nurveys of >uch plans. Over 1U, U and 20 year terms The Equitable has achieved more 
lirst places than all other companies put together. What better way is there of judging a 
company than by a recurd of such consistent excellence. 

However, past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. 

Of course not paving commission means you must contact us direct so call 
Aylesbury niVr,' 26226 or kindly return this coupon it you would like further informanon 
be post or bv telephone. 

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MONTHLY INCOME PLAN - FROM MIM BRITANNIA 


HOW THE COMPANIES COMPARE - 


Couple Single person 

aged 65yrs aged 75/rs 

Budget BUPA £41.92 monthly £33.20 monthly 

(up to age 75yrs) £503.04 pa £398.40 pa 

PPP Retirement Health Plan £37.60 monthly £33.90 monthly 

(no upper age limit) £451-20 pa £406.80 pa 

Health First Prompt Core Plus £55.74 monthly T37.B4 morthty 

(up to age 75yra) £631,20 pa £428.40 pa 

Senior Prime Care £41.30 monthly '£25.40 monthly 

(up to age 75yrs) £45820 pa £281.70 pa 

WPA Health Contract £57-54 monthly £35.02 monthly 

(up to age lOlyrs) £657.64 pa £400.20 pa 

Exeter Hospital Aid Society £38.60 monthly tE225t monthly 

_ £435.60 pa £280.60 pa 

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41. Complete the coupon for the Annual Report containing more details. 
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Consortia aim to provide the advantages of cellular network at 

Pocket phones leap the generatio 

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cost 


Starship Enterprise-style equipment has 
_ ^ved with the go-ahead for high-tech 
cordless telephones. Robert Matthews looks 
at a revolution in telecommunications 


The sight of people talking 
into small plastic boxes bear¬ 
ing a striking resemblance to 
the communicators used in 
Captain Kirk's Star Trek will 
become commonplace from 
this summer. 

For this week saw the 
launch of what is likely to 
prove a revolution in the way 

we communicate. 

On Thursday, Lord Young, 
the Trade Secretary, gave four 
industry consortia the go- 
ahead to set up national 
networks for pocket-sized tele¬ 
phones which have many of 
the advantages of cellular 
phones, but at a fraction of the 
cost. 


risk of someone listening in is two cellular network op- 


- on so-called CT2 

technology (second generation 
cordless telephones), the 
phones will retail at about 
£170 and enable calls to be 
made from anywhere within a 
few hundred yards of a CT2 
“base station”, thousands of 
which will be installed in rail 
stations, shopping centres and 
other public places around the 
country. 

These base stations will 
connect the calls to the con¬ 
ventional telephone network, 
and route it through to any 
destination in the world. 
London, Manchester and 
Birmingham are likely to be 
the first cities to be connected 
up. 

The shape of the technology 
at the centre of this revolution 
went on show in November, 
when Shaye Communicat¬ 
ions, of Winchester, East Sus- . 
sex, one of the companies now 
awarded an operating licence, 
revealed the first model of a 
CT2 handsel. 

In stark constrast to the 
brick-like cellular phone, it is 
virtually the apotheosis of 
high-tech gadgeuy. It is small, 
weighs less than 6oz. and is 
packed with electronics. 

The production version, 
scheduled to reach the shops 
in early summer, will use 
digital electronics to give very 
high speech quality, and the 


much less. 

According to Shaye, calls 
will cost about the same as 
those from a public phone 
box, and much less than those 
using cellular phones. Subsc¬ 
ribers will be charged a 
connection fee of about £35, 
and then monthly charge of 
about £7. 

However, the low cost ofthe 
system has been obtained at a 
technological price — CT2 
phones cannot receive calls. 

The far more expensive 
cellular telephone network is 
controlled by a sophisticated 
computer system which can 
lake calls, track down their 
destination, and route them 
through to a moving target 


® The UK is the 
first in this field. 

The eyes of 
Europe and the 
US are on our 
experiences 9 


era tors, admitted in August 
that one in eight calls was 
failing to connect, with the 
rate being even higher in some 
particularly congested areas. 

After months of pleading by 
Racal and its rival Cellnet, 
Lord Young said that the 
Ministry of Defence had 
agreed to give the cellular 
network some of its own 
frequency channels to ease the 
problem. 

Faced with a similar conges¬ 
tion problem, the CT2 op¬ 
erators could solve it virtually 
overnight by simply installing 
more of the low-cost base 
stations. 

It seems, therefore, that 
there is a much lower risk of 
the CT2 operators becoming 
victims of their own success. 

As with many emerging 
technologies, CT2 has bad to 
face the problem of working 
out a single standard for toe- 
system, enabling any handset. 
to work with any base station.. 

Lord Young said last week 
that toe CT2 industry must 
have its ‘‘common air inter¬ 
race" standard in place by 
mid-199 J. y 

The phone manufacturers 
say that those who want to 
join the CT2 revolution at the 
outset need not fear being left 
with obsolete technology two 
years later. 

The CAT will be made so 
that toe first generation of 
phones will continue to work. 

Once toe British network is 
set up, toe four licence holders 



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virtually anywhere in Britain. 

The CT2 network has no 
such call connection system — 
if the handset is moving 
around, the network has no 
way of telling where to put 
calls through to. 

The absence of such a 
system also means that calls 
cannot be made from moving 
vehicles. 

^ ^ significantadvan- me mm Htcnce noiaers 

*n having a much simpler BT/STC. Mercury/Shaye, 
network, however. It is far Feitanli, and a group inclu<£ 

ing Philips, Barclays and Shell 
— win be looking to lake the 
technology abroad, where, if 
the growth of cellular is any¬ 
thing to go by, toe market 
potential is vast. 

As Mr Terry West, a direc¬ 
tor with STC Telecommunica¬ 
tions. said; “The UK is toe 
first in this telecommunica¬ 
tion field, and the eyes of 
Europe and the US are on our 

exnerienrec 


easier, and less expensive, to 
expand. 

This could give CT2 a key 
advantage over the cellular 
network, which has been toe 
subject of increasing dis¬ 
satisfaction in recent months 
because of overcrowding. 

Callers complain of being 
cut off in mid-call, or being 
unable to get through 
altogether. 

Racal Vodafone, one of toe 




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In 1992 Europe will be open Tor business. 
Ii is the most exciting investment 
opportunity in years. 

When Europe functions us a single emitv u 
will create a market of over 32l» million 
consumers: almost as large as the USA and 
Japan combined. 

But how will the markets grow/ 
We have looked speciftcallv 
ai companies which we Feel 
have ihe greatest potential for 
growth, particularly as a direct 
result of 1992. 

We have looked at how 
expansion of exports between 
European countries will increase prohi 
opportunities. 

And how a dramatic increase in mciger 
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share prices across all European markets. 

Investors will also be able to take 
advantage of the large proportion orcurrcnUv 
undervalued European companies, which 
ofle- .rwelient growth and profit potential. 

As these investment opportunities have j 
appeared, so CIGNA have developed a 
\ lung term view of the potential in [J 
\ these areas. li 

Based on extensive first-hand Ij 
knowledge of the European 
markets, CIGNA have created 
the 1992 European Special 
Opportunities Fund, specifically designed 

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I'amoDs Wmei from left, Modest Mussorgsky, dissolute akohoHq Mfly Balakirev, mentally nniiliiff^ wndfov- »• i™ ir if " ^ 

y^few composers have en- . ' *’ “^s^pman; Alexander Borodin, sexnally precocioiis son of a prince; and C&ap Cui, talented military engineer 

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r wmmaw ' London Symphony 


/ew composers have en¬ 
joyed such mass 
popularity or suffered 
such savage vilification 
as Nikolay Andreyevjch 
Rimsky-Korsakov. If he had writ- 
len nothing except Sheherazade 
and The Flight of the Bumblebee, 
his fame would be assured. So 
would his notoriety. No sooner 
had Rimsky’s music swept 
through the musical world of the 
1880s and 1890s than a wave of 
jealousy followed. The English 
composer Sir Hubert Parry (who 
wrote Jerusalem) was one of many 
who look him to task — rather as if 
Rimsky had used unsporting tac¬ 
tics on the cricket field- Certain 
Russian composers, sniffed Parry, 
“appealed to the musical masses 
by vehement emotional spontane¬ 
ity, orgiastic frenzy, barbaric 
rhythm and unrestrained aband¬ 
onment to physical excitement”. 

. Rimsky's reputation as some 
kind of psyehed-up savage has 
never died. The British musicolo¬ 
gist Wilfrid Metiers, for instance, 
tells us that Rimsky's “technical 
expertise is succeeded only by his 
spiritual nullity... he had no 
interest in human beings'*. He is 
talking about a man who spent 
years rescuing Mussorgsky’s 
chaotically jumbled manuscripts 
from posthumous oblivion; who 
befriended Tchaikovsky when he 
was shunned; who, as music 
professor at the St Petersburg 
Conservatoire, sided with his 
students after the 1905 uprising, 
mainly because he was sickened 
by Bloody Sunday; who, after the 
death ofhis two youngest children 
in quick succession, withdrew 
from composition for several 
years, even though he was at the 
height ofhis fame. This is the man 
with spiritual nullity. 

The truth is that Rimsky has 
been misunderstood because he 
was an ambiguous character, 
composing at a kind of fairy-tale 
tangent to an ambivalent and 
turbulent era. It was also, and 
hardly by coincidence, the era of 
the greatest creative flowering in 
Russian history. Rimsky’s work¬ 
ing life overlapped with Tchaikov¬ 
sky. Borodin. Mussorgsky. His 
pupils included Stravinsky, 
Prokofiev and Glazunov. At the 
Mariinsky Theatre in St Peters¬ 
burg the'seeds of what was to 
become Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes 
were being sown. Tolstoy and 
Dostocvskv were bringing un¬ 
precedented realism to the novel; 
Chekhov and Gorky to the stage. 

It is to pul Rimsky in this 
context that Michael Tilson 
Thomas, principal conductor of 
the London Symphony Orchestra, 
has devised the concert series 
“The Flight of the Firebird** - a 
title intended to draw attention to 
the link between Rimsky's stage 
spectacles and the epoch-breaking 
ballets which his pupil Stravinsky 
wrote just after Rimsky's death. 

"In the course of these concerts,” 
Tilson Thomas says. “Rimsky will 



of an officer in-'NapoIcon’s army 
who, uniquely, came to love 
Russia during the 1812 retreat 
from Moscow, and stayed. Of the 
“mighty handful” Cm' was prob¬ 
ably the least committed to music; 
m fact he ended up as a generaL ' 
In his posthumously published 

autobioeraohv. Chrnmrl* 0 f My 


emerge as a great friend, teacher 
and orchestra tor, and as an ex¬ 
tremely innovative composer who 
not only shaped Russian music 
but whose influence in France on 
Ravel and Debussy, and in Italy 
on Respighi and others, is much 
more profound than most people 
realize." 

If Rimsky did have this son of 
pan-continental influence, it grew 
from unlikely beginnings. For 
several years he was a navy officer 
—and not just an officer-dilettante 
of the type that gamble and wench 
through the first 200 pages of War 
and Peace, but a real midshipman 
who had his Am love affair in a 
Baltic port, and composed the 
slow movement of his first sym¬ 
phony while his ship had pul in for 
repairs in an English port It is 
probably the best music ever 
written in Gravesend. 


Orchestra, under 
Michael Tilson 
Thomas , performs a 

series of concerts — v ^ y , 0J My 

featuring the music of if*" R^sky describes 
Rimsky-Korsakov 

sider each other’s music — not in 
the systematic way, but almost 
piecemeal: That’s a nice couple of 
bars! The next two are boring. The 
fifth bar has a great chord! 

As Michael Tilson Thomas 
rays, “it is in the nature of the St 
Petersburg composers that they 
use whatever is featured to maxi¬ 
mum effect at that moment, and 
then move on to something else” 
That was part of their anti- 
German rebellion; the other part 
was the use of folksong. 

Bui the meetings of the St 
Petersburg composers were not 
always wholly serious. The exis- 
tenoe of pieces like the Variations 
on "Chopsticks ", collectively com¬ 
posed by the “mighty handful” in 
. J 3 . 16 1 ® 70s » suggests that 
playfulness tempered earnest 
idealism. The late 1870s, however, 
was not a period when anyone in 
5t Petersburg laughed very much. 


B 


ut how did a Russian 
midshipman, untrained 
in music theory, come to 
be writing a symphony? 
The answer is that while 
he was a cadet in St Petersburg 
Rimsky had come under the spell 
of Mily Balakirev, a mentally 
unhinged but mesmeric musical 
prodigy who had taken upon 
himself Glinka’s mantle of 
establishing a Russian national 
style of composition. Balakirev 
may have had a homoerotic 
attraction to the young sailor 
Rimsky (as he later had for 
Tchaikovsky), but Rimsky’s re¬ 
sponse was confined to hero- 
worship. 

In later years Balakirev suffered 
prolonged breakdowns, during 
which he mumbled nonsense, and 
took unsuitable jobs. But m the 
1860 s he gathered together a circle 
of young men who, he was 
convinced, would wipe foreign 
musical influences from St Peters¬ 
burg and write Russian nationalist 


and his friends. 
Because the group 
were known in Russia 
as “the mighty 
handful " in Britain 
they were called, too 
literally, “theFive". 
As Richard Morrison 
explains, it was only 
one of many 
misunderstandings 

music that would shake the world. 
Curiously, he was right 
The critic Vladimir Stasov 
dubbed them the moguchaya 
kuchka — the “mighty handful” — 
a playful title, since none of them 
had more _ than an elementary 
training in music. Besides 
Midshipman Rimsky-Korsakov 
there was the brilliant chemist 
Alexander Borodin, the bastard 
son of an elderly Georgian prince. 
Borodin, with Caucasian good 
looks, reputedly had his first 
sexual encounter at the age of nine 
(writing a polka to commemorate 
the incident), and as a teenage 
student In St Petersbuig he was 
thought to have seduced the 
chambermaid his mother thought¬ 
fully provided to look after him. 

He was a chaotic renaissance 
man — a significant figure in a 
country which was experiencing a 
chaotic renaissance. Devoted to 
his chemical research (which is 
still respected today) and to his 
asthmatic wife, he confined mis¬ 
tress and music to odd hours, 
though complicating matters by 
telling his wife in detail about his 
extra-marital dalliances. His 
apparent obsession with rewriting 
his symphonies was created not 
out of any dissatisfaction with his 
first thoughts, but because he 
usually lost the original manu¬ 
scripts. When he died, leaving his 
magnum opus, the opera Prince 
Igor, in a mess of half-complete 
jottings, it was his loyal chum 
Rimsky-Korsakov - the man who 
“had no interest in human beings” 

- who laboriously put together the 
pieces. 

Then there was the young 
guards officer Modest 


himself firmly in the escapist 
camp. “You would scarcely find 
anyone in the world who believes 
jess in everything supernatural, 
fantastic, or beyond the bound¬ 
aries of death than I do — yet as an 
artist J love this sort of thing... 
An is the most enchanting, intoxi¬ 
cating lie.” 

Yet in a curious way Rimsky's 
mystical fables, with their random 
happenings, did reflect the way in 
which Russian intellectuals 
thmighi themselves trapped. As 
early as 1854 the leading dissident 
writer Peter Chaadaev had writ¬ 


ten; “Russia is like no other 
country. It is submissive to the 
will, caprice, fantasy, of a single 
man. It is the embodiment of 
arbitrariness”. The tragic farce of 
the Crimean War added to the 
fatalism prevalent in Russia: if 
anything could go hideously 
wrong, it would. 

So if grotesque things happened 
on the stage of the Mariinsky, an 
audience of intelligentsia would 
consider them no more unbeliev¬ 
able than what was happening 
outside on the St Petersburg 
streets. In 1904 the critic and 


painter Alexander Benois 
described Russia as “the corpse 
that can be galvanized no more”. 
Two years later Rimsky wrote his 
last opera. The Golden Cockerel 
may seem absurd today, depicting 
a monarchy acting according to 
some surreal and unintelligible 
system of logic - but it was 
premiered at about the lime that 
the mad monk Rasputin gained 
control over the Tsar’s household. 

To portray Rimsky as a prophet 
would be stretching matters loo 

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be anarchist bombings 
culminated in the 
assassination of Tsar 
Alexander II in 1881 , 
but only confirmed the 
government in a policy which - 
since the 1860s reforms - had 
instigated greater and greater re¬ 
pression. An estimated 300,000 
people were exiled to Siberia in the 
decade before 1900; and the 
universities were in almost perma¬ 
nent unrest, Rimsky, who became 
professor at the St Petersburg 
Conservatoire in 1871, would 
have been well aware of this 
dissident undercurrent. 

And that is precisely what has 
worried his critics ever since, for 
m the stream of operas that he 
wrote for the Mariinsky Theatre 
there is nothing that even hints at 
the unrest of the times. Legends, 
invisible cities, pantheistic deities, 
snow maidens, rainbows, ancient 
wniors: these are the ingredients 
of Rimsky's stage works. 

Yet Rimsky was not as far out of 
step with the prevailing philos¬ 
ophy as one might think. 
Throughout the later 19th century 
two parallel strands ran through 
Russian culture. The first, broadly 
speaking, took its cue from the 
revered Pushkin (“the aim of 
poetry is poetry”) and tended to 
divorce art from political activity. 
The other — whose adherents 
included Stanislavsky, and the 


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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Oublruishka 
BALAKIREV Russia 

CUI Intermezzo Scherzando from Suite Concertante for 
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BORODIN La Mar 

MUSSORGSKY Prelude to "Sorochirrtsy Fair" 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV $adko 
GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto 
PROKOFIEV Scythian Suite 

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Violin: Dmitry Sitkovetaky 
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Sunday 7 May 7.30pm: Barbican Centra 

FLIGHT OF THE FIREBIRD 
Rimsky-KorsaJcov to Stravinsky 

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Mlada (In Russian) 

Conductor Michael TBson Thomas 
Mstfvoi: Stafford Dean 
Voislava: Makvaia Kativashvffi 
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Veglasnyi: Sergei Letferfcus 
Lumlr Alfreds Hodgson 
Morena: Do (ora Zafkric 
London Symphony Chorus 
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Sunday 14 May 7.30pm: Barbican Centra 

FLIGHT OF THE FIREBIRD 
Rlmsky-Komkov to Stravinsky 

LIADOV Kikimora 

MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade 

Conductor Michael TBson Thomas 
Bass: Paata Burchuladze 

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FLIGHT OF THE FIREBIRD 
Rimaky-Korsakov to Stravinsky 

MUSSORGSKY March from “Mteda” 
MUSSORGSKY Witches Sabbath from "Sorochintsy 
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BORODIN Finale from “Mlada” 
STRAVINSKY The Firebird 

Conductor Michael TBson Thomas 

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Thursday 6 April 7.45pm: Barbican Centre 

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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto 
BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra 

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The Art of Itzhak Poriman 

BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture 
BRUCH VlolfnConcerto No. 1 
BEETHOVEN Vtofin Concerto 

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MAHLER Symphony No. 1 

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Thursday 20 April 7.45pm: Barbican Centre 
MENDELSSOHN Elijah (sung m English) 

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Tenon Arthur Davies 
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London Symphony Chorus 
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BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 

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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 

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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto 

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MESSIAEN Turangaffla 

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Ondes Martinet Jeanne Lonod 
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Friday 28 April 7.30pm: Royal Festival Hall 

The Art of Itzhak Perlman 

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture 
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 
BRAHMS Violin Concerto 

Conductor Michael Tflson Thomas 
Violin: Itzhak Perlman 
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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 

Conductor. Mstislav Rostropovich 
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Conductor Seiji Ozawa 
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Continued from previous page 

far. But the raw deal he has 
received from the historians 
needs to be put right, and that 
process can only start when 
more of his music is made 
familiar again. The LSO se¬ 
ries, for instance, include a 
rare concert performance of 
Mlada, the opera which Rim¬ 
sky began to write exactly 100 
years ago, directly after 
attending the St Petersburg 
premiere of Wagner’s Ring. 
Temporarily, the champion of 
Russian nationalism fell 
-under the Teutonic spell, and 
Mlada has many aspects 
which reflect Wagner’s in¬ 
fluence. But Rimsky made up 
for this by including one 
chorus consisting of peasants 
shouting tittle else but “Woe 
to the Germans!" 

r he opera is also 
remembered, if it 
is remembered at 
all, for the fam¬ 
ous, fanfaring 
“Entry of the Princes” in Act 
H. and for the strange feet that 
its leading lady — the lovely 
Mlada herself - has been 
poisoned before the opera 
begins, and appears only as a 
ghost. Michael Tflson Thomas 
considers Mlada a seminal 
masterpiece: “I was com¬ 
pletely overwhelmed when I 
first came across rL In feet it 
was my astonishment at 
discovering not only its beauty 
and its spectacular orchestra¬ 
tion, but also what a major 
influence it had, which be¬ 
came the springboard for the 
whole series. The way I per¬ 
form Stravinsky’s Firebird. 
even the way I perform The 
Rite of Spring, has been 
influenced by my increasing 

familiarity with Rimsky’s 
richness of orchestral 
texture.” 

Another LSO programme 
will locus on a much more 
controversial area: Rimsky’s 
work as the arranger of his 
friends* music, and in particu¬ 
lar of Mussorgsky’s. The facts 
are these: during 1871 and 
1872 Rimsky and Mussorgsky 
- diametrically opposed in 
character, but close friends — 
shared a room. Mussorgsky 
used the piano and table in the 
mornings to work on his epic 
masterpiece Boris Godunov, 
Rimsky used the same piano 
and table in the afternoons 
(with less astounding results, 
it must be said) to compose his 
opera. The Maid of Pskov. 

The following year Rimsky 
married Nadia Purgold, an 
accomplished pianist but also 
a straitlaced woman who 
considered that the only thing 
wrong with Rimsky’s attach¬ 
ment to the dissolute 


Mussorgsky was the presence 
of the dissolute Mussorgsky. 
Her antipathy, which led tq 
Rimsky’s gradual estrange¬ 
ment from him, had a 
personal angle: her sister, 
Sasha, had been hopelessly 
attracted to Mussorgsky but 
had been spurned. 

The truth was that 
Mussorgsky bad a long-stand¬ 
ing relationship with a woman 
old enough to be his mother, 
Nadiezhda Opochinina. He 
discussed everything with her, 
but how much further the 
bond went is open to specula¬ 
tion. One due is the dedica¬ 
tion to her of his song, 
“Desire": “In memory of her 
judgement over me. St Peters¬ 
burg* 2.30am". The parallel 
with the homosexual Tchai¬ 
kovsky’s ambivalent relation¬ 
ship with his mother-figure 
patron is striking. It was 
Nadiezhda's death in 1874 
that prompted Mussorgsky to 
write his greatest song-cycle. 
Songs and Dances qf Death. 

Rimsky’s marriage forced 
Mussorgsky to move out He 
drifted from boose to boose 
and from sinecure to sinecure 
in the dvil service; his al¬ 
coholism grew chronic and 
then famt After bis death 
Rimsky undertook the hercu¬ 
lean labour of putting 
Mussorgsky’s unfinished com¬ 
positions (that is, nearly all of 
them) into a perfbnnable 
state. Unfortunately, in trying 
to present bis friend's genius 
in what he considered to be its 
best tight, he ironed out many 
passages which modern ears 
consider to be inspirations of 
great originality. 

f y or this work, 

f J TBson Thomas be* 

M » lieves, Rimsky has 

M been unjustly ma¬ 
ligned. “There are 
cenain dungs about what he 
did that we can now legiti¬ 
mately question, but not his 
motivation. He wanted the 
world to love Mussorgsky's 
music as he did, from having 
had the chance to hear 
Mussorgsky perform it He 
was working with material 
that was full of wonderful 
invention but fragmentary, 
and he was relying on his own 
memory of how Mussorgsky 
filled it out The feet is, it is 
only because of Rimsky’s 
versions that the wider world 
came to recognize Mussor¬ 
gsky's genius, and have the 
chance to discuss finer 
details." 

Perhaps now, 80 years after 
his death, these concerts will 
help the world towards a fuller 
appreciation of Rimsky's ge¬ 
nius, his humanity, and his 
pivotal place in Russia’s great¬ 
est cultural epoch. 


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A veteran hero returns 


O n Monday morning 
Roger Moore will clam¬ 
ber through the rubble 
of the Prince of Wales 
theatre auditorium to start 
rehearsing for his first stage 
appearance in 35 years. It is not 
that the theatre is being tom down 
in protest, merely that the stage is 
being gutted and rebuilt to accom¬ 
modate Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 
Aspects of Love . the musical which 
now marks Moore's return to the 
boards, after a long time in and 
out of’Bondage'. 

Ironically, however, this week's 
announcement of what would 
normally be considered a massive 
box-office coup is to some extent 
academic; Aspects of Love has, 
since bookings opened in Decem¬ 
ber. already taken in an advance of 
around £2.5 million thereby 
recovering virtually half its costs 
on the strength of the composer's 
name alone. Moreover, it is now 
sold out onril some time in 
October, which is when Moore's 
initial contract expires. So. unless 
be either extends or goes on to 
Broadway with it, the chances are 
that he will only be seen in Aspects 
by those who have already booked 
for the sbow without knowing he 
was going to be in it. 

But, as with the casting of 
Michael Crawford for the equally 
pre-sold Phantom of the Opera, 
there is no doubt that Moore's 
name above the tide is an added 
attraction, especially in a role for 
which there were precious few 
obvious choices. George Dil¬ 
lingham in Aspects is essentially a 
man who ages from 60 to 75 while 
stealing the love of a young girl 
from his own nephew. He remains 
for all that a figure of immense 
veteran charm, and one or two of 
us who saw die musical in its 
Sydmonton workshop perfor¬ 
mance last summer had reckoned 
that the only perfect casting might 
have been the late David Niven. 

"Niv would have been splen¬ 
did." Moore agrees, "but I think 
perhaps even worse at the singing 
than 1 am at the moment At least 
I have had some sort of stage 
singing experience: at the East 
Ham Palace in 1951 I was in 

g antomirae with Dorothy 
quires." 

Moore's stage career in the early 
1950s was, as he cheerfully admits, 
rather less than distingu- 
ished:**One show I was in ,A Pin to 
See the Peepshow, managed to 
close on Broadway the same night 
that it opened, and it was with a 
certain relief that I took up an 
MGM contact soon after that or I 
could have been carrying spears at 

Yuri Bashmet 

Wigmore Hall _ 

In a converted railway station at 
Rolandseck on the Rhine near 1 
Bonn, the Ukrainian viola player 
Yuri Bashmet leads a little festival 1 
of chamber music for one extraor¬ 
dinary week every June. Until 
recently, deprived London audi¬ 
ences have had little choice but to 
track him down there or at 
festivals such as tbatatKuhmo in 
Finland. Yet this is, without 
doubt, one of the world's greatest 
living musicians; and his first 




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Arte programmes can get away 
with showing the parts that other 
programmes dare not show. Are¬ 
na s The Tip of the Iceberg (BBC2) 
had a nipple count of 143, enough 
Jo satisfy the dirtiest of raincoats, 
but this significant saint-factor 
was levelled by a flood of chasten¬ 
ing ferns peaks from the likes of 
Marina Warner, Anna Raeburn 

and Sheila Kitzinger. 

The argument, repeatedly ham¬ 
mered home, was that the breast's 
erotic connotations hare been 
promoted at the cost of its role as a 
“nurturing organ full of mUk" and 
symbol of maternal power. 

We were told that cultural 
worship of the perfect "bazooma” 
has made women feel inferior, g "d 
that our self-image has been 
undermined by male usurpation of 
the mammary as a plaything. 

_ The only men to be given screen- 
time were an "advertising psy¬ 
chologist". assorted MPs snig¬ 
gering at Clare Shprt's proposal to 
ban Page Three pin-ups, and film- j 
maker Ross Meyer saying: “I like 
women that are top-heavy." Meyer 
apart, most breast-fanciers seem 
to take refuge in crowds, such as 
the one we glimpsed whooping it 
up at a stag night. 

Since much or the feminist 
hypothesis wiited under the weight 
of pretentious psychobabble, one 
would like to have seen some of the 
revellers singled out and allowed 
an equal opportunity to make fords 
of themselves. 

On this evidence, anyway, 
fetishists have more fun. A dip 
from Meyer's Supervixens, a peek 
at Frederick's of Hollywood's Bra 
Museum, and the classic scene 
from Carry on Camping in which 
Barbara Windsor bursts oat of her 
bikini top were all more life- 
enhancing than the earnest 
declarations of the breast-as-nur- 
ture brigade, and suggested that 
anatomy is whatever its owner 
chooses to make of it. 

The bosom is far from being the 
only part of the body to engender 
fear and amusement; one looks 
forward to the day when Arena can 
present, say, a phallus count of 
143. 

Meyer once complained that 
British Equity was unable to 
provide him with actresses suf¬ 
ficiently “bnxotic" for his tastes. 
With Roseanne (Channel 4), the 
Americans once again dem¬ 
onstrate their current superiority 
in sitcom as well as titcom 
territory. 

Roseanne Barr's speciality is 
the sarcastic wisecrack at die 
expense of her unemployed hus¬ 
band, her children, or her co¬ 
workers in a Midwestern factory. 

One is left in no doubt that there 
is a warm heart beneath the 
comedienne's fat and feisty ex¬ 
terior, but the domestic banter is 
snappy enough to keep sogginess 
at hay. 

Anne BllJson 


Sheridan Morley meets Roger Moore who has come out of 
^Bondage* to return to the stage after 35 years for the lead 
in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Aspects of Love 



Charmer in the wings: Roger Moore puts a comforting aim around Diana Morrison, playing his young love 


Stratford for the rest of my life. 

"But after half a dozen Bond 
movies I realized that jumping 
around with bullets and bombs in 
my middle fifties was really daft, 
and so I stopped doing that, only 
to find that the films 1 have made 
since were tricky prospects 
because the cinema-going public 
can't always accept a change of 
image. Heroes are meant to stay 
heroes, not suddenly become 
character men. 

“I was therefore looking for 
something rather different when 


Andrew suddenly called me up in 
the autumn and we began to talk 
about Aspects. He'd seen me 
doing a comic number with Denis 
Healey on an Edna Everage Show, 
and I can only assume that Denis 
proved unavailable, because An¬ 
drew came to me and said there 
was something I should read, 
which turned out to be the script 
of Aspects." 

Flattered and terrified in equal 
measure, Moore began talking to 
his family and friends:“James 
Clave 11 said it was courage border¬ 


ing on lunacy for me to do a 
musical at my age, but both Caine 
and Bryan Forbes and my wife 
also all thought 1 should have a go, 
while my daughter says that at last 
I look as though I have some sort 
of a purpose in life. 

"Luckily. George is getting on a 
bit in the show, so he doesn't have 
to leap around like Nijinsky, 
though he does sing three quite 
long numbers. For a while after I 
did my first audition at the piano 
for Andrew and the director 
•Trevor Nunn there was total 


Strings from a train station 


1 CONCERTS j 

London recital on Wednesday 
offered an evening of quite the 
most complete music making I 
have heard for many, many years. 

At 34, Bashmet has filled the 
near-void which exists between 
the violin and cello virtuoso of our 
time; yet he is no mere virtuoso. 
The technical achievements axe, 


Monsters on morality 



indeed, formidable. Few string 
players are able to manoeuvre so 
noiselessly in passages of pianis¬ 
simo, few to maintain such di¬ 
amond-cut intonation at speed, 
few to drive a down-bow with so 
little brittleness. 

It is bis musical understanding 
which sets Bashmet apart. The 
bow's shifting weight is used to 
shape and nourish melodic lines. 
Brahms's F minor Viola Sonata 

BBC SO/Pritchard 

Festival Hall/Radio 3 

Sir John Pritchard derided to go 
for a musical grand slam in the 
first programme of a six-concert 
series with the BBC Symphony 
Orchestra that combines Richard 
Strauss and Mozart. He dusted the 
moth balls from two extravagantly 
scored works by Strauss, both 
seldom heard which even that 
skilled master of grandiloquence 
inflated beyond reasonable prop¬ 
ortions. 

The Festival Prelude that began 
the concert finds the composer 
summoning an opulence of in¬ 
strumental effect for a single 


started by generating a smoulder¬ 
ing energy end ended with a 
vivace kindled by tiny catches in 
the breath and by sudden vibrato. 

Bashmet tunes into the nerve 
system of a melody. This, and his 
discovery of the spirit of a 
composer's expression marks, 
made haunting miniatures of 
Schumann's M&rchenbitder. 

The second half of the recital 
showed the rare fusion of con- 

symphonic movement that some¬ 
how seems to end before it 
properly starts. A grandiose per¬ 
oration for solo organ at foil blast 
gives way to richer and richer 
orchestral sonority without a great 
deal of musical substance. 

And while that may have done 
well to open Vienna's new concert 
hall in 1913, the centenary of 
Heidelberg University a decade 
earlier was oddly served by 
Taillefer, setting a chi vain c ballad 
by Ludwig UhJand, celebrating the 
minstrel who led Duke William of 
Normandy into bis victorious 
Battle of Hastings, no less. 

A head count pul the orchestral 
strength at 120orso.pl us a double 
choir and three soloists for about 


Late but great fame 


Partners in kitsch: Rupert Everett quietly pits his saturnine genius against Maria Aitken's raring beauty 


j THEATRE | 

The Vortex 

Garrick __ 

As performed in my lifetime, the 
plays of Noel Coward personify 
the theatre of talking heads. This 
production by Philip Prowse is the 
first I have seen that physicalizes 


equally through all the theatrical 
elements, iis impact redoubled 
with the qualities of a ballet. 

The piece itself packs a hefty 
ounch. When he wrote iL Coward 
was not vet one of the Beautiful 
people, and - in telling the story 
of the narcissistic cradle-snatching 
Florence and her drug-addict son 
_ he drew on his accumulated 
anuer as a hard-working young 
artist against London’s moneyed 
parasites whose applause he had 

still to win. 

It is a fiercely moral piece, 
handing out judgements right and 


left, depicting characters with 
hatred and contempt: qualities 
that usually kill drama stone dead, 
but which worked entirely to his 
advantage. 

Prowse has advanced the piece 
to the 1930s, loading the stage 
with art-deco kitsch (a sculpted 
tuba sprouting a human arm) 
which incriminates the owners no 
less than their chatter. 

The women's costumes are as 
elaborately forbidding as antique 


similarly formalized. In the open¬ 
ing party of self-seeking drones 
there is hardly a natural cadence to 
be heard, from Tristam Jellinek's 
fiutingly malicious Quentin to 
Fidelis Morgan as the diUetante 
singer, imperiously commandeer¬ 
ing the sofa and emitting a blood¬ 
curdling shriek when she loses her 
handbag. 

Of all these stylized monsters, 
none is quite so dehumanized as 
Maria Aitken's Florence; a tea- 
gowned predator topped with a 
hat sprouting two black fangs, 
perpetually on the move between 


the telephone and the minor, and 
flashing avid smiles at the*com¬ 
pany in insatiable hunger for 
flattery. Coward says that Flor¬ 
ence retains the vestiges of great 
beauty. Miss Aitken shows no 
such vestiges until the make-up 
comes off under the huge mirrors 
of the climactic closet scene. 

What Miss Aitken has done is to 
eliminate ail marginally redeem¬ 
ing features, including, sex itself! 
to channel all her energies into the 


it seems that the stage will collapse 
with her. 

She is magnificently partnered 
by Rupert Everett, playing the 
saturnine young genius to her 
raving beauty, who reveals his 
fractured personality in thrillingly 
timed outbursts of rage, ex¬ 
hibitionist regression, and mo¬ 
ments of desolating insight He 
can also play the. piano: when did 
you last see a Coward hero who 
was up to that? 


Irving Wardle 


Whether playing exotic word 
games on television, or remember¬ 
ing eccentric tennis matches 
against John Gielgud at halcyon 
pre-war theatrical garden parties, 
the greatness of Arthur Marshall 
lay in his story-telling and his 
infinite generosity. 

A former schoolmaster who 
somehow ended up playing a 
nurse on the radio for several 
years, he belonged, like Joyce 
Grenfell or Russell Haity, to that 
uniquely English brand of pro¬ 
fessional amateurs, people who 
managed to suggest that whatever 
they happened to be doing at the 
time was not really what they bad 
ever set out to do for a living or 
even what their mothers bad 
thought they were best at. 

Perpetually surprised at his own 
social and show business success. 
Arthur remained at heart a minor 
public school master in a world of 
theatre and television that found 
him as unlikely and compulsive as 
he found iL Blinking owlishly into 
television cameras, giggling rather 
too loudly at bad plays or perfor¬ 
mances. worrying about the on 
and off-screen destinies of minor 
soap opera stars, he lived in a time 
warp ofhis own making, but ever 
alert to changing public tastes. 

Fame came to Arthur late in life, 
on panel games and chat shows 
and Call My Bluff where be was a 
superb feed to Frank Muir, essen¬ 
tially Sancho Panza to Muir's Don 
Quixote, and then with a highly 


successful series of memoirs. But 
by then he was already out of his 
time, a reminder of what bachelor 
schoolmasters used to be like 
when there was still time away 
from the computers to recall Mr 
Chips and endless afternoons of 
pointless activity on cricket 
pitches. 

But Arthur was more astute 
than the public image ever sug¬ 
gested: he refined and shaped his 
public presence as devoutly as any 
actor taking on a role, noting from 
overheard conversations and fan 
letters what his viewers and 
listeners and readers really wanted 
of him, and then supplying it 
assiduously. It was not that Arthur 
was ever untrue to himself, merely 
that he found the best way of 
playing the role of the scholarly 
comedian, and then gave that 
same performance on television 
and radio over and over again. 

In his time, he wrote and 
adapted plays, starred in private- 
party cabarets, gave innumerable 
lectures, and made hundreds if not 
thousands of broadcasts. But you 
could not really define Arthur as a 
comedian ora broadcaster he was 
a peripatetic gossip of the very 
best sort And even towards the 
end of bis life when illness kept 
him in his beloved Devon village 
he remained true to all his old 
show business obsessions. 


Sheridan Morley 


’ silence, so I went back to Switzer¬ 
land hoping that pehaps they had 
changed their minds and I 
wouldn't have to do ii after all. 
Thai's when they were probably 
still trying to get Denis Healey, but 
then they came back to me. so here 
we all are taking the plunge.” 

Moore is already more than a 
little worried about the reviews: 
"There are those who will doubt¬ 
less be asking themselves not only 
whether I can sing but whether [ 
can a cl and although i shall 
certainly be doing my best, I have 
told Trevor Nunn that if a (director 
ever shouts at me in rehearsal I 
always cry a lot When you’re 61. 
tike me. it's an effort just to talk 
and walk at the same time, let 
alone having to sing as well It is 
all so very different in a film 
studio: there, if anybody coughs 
you go back to the beginning of the 
scene, so on matinee days I really 
must remember at the Prince of 
Wafes not to do thaL 
"In the pasL people would 
occasionally offer me Broadway 
revivals of My Fair Lady or 
Camelot , and I always thought 
they were raving mad; bui you 
don't turn down a Lloyd Webber 
with the music of Phantom still 
ringing in your ears, and I do find 
George brilliantly wicked to 
play. So I'm just hoping 
to get through the first night in a 
Valium haze. After that 1 think I'll 
probably settle down, and be all 
right, and my singing teacher 
thinks I might even have a tight 
baritone. 

"Now if I could just find some 
braces to stop ray knees from 
knocking and forget about how 
much more money I could be 
making for a film, requiring vastly 
less effort or nerve, then maybe 1'0 
start to enjoy myseUL In the 
meantime, Andrew has promised 
that Aspects will either make me a 
great stage star, or finish my career 
once and for alL” 

Lloyd Webber himself is in no 
doubt about the wisdom of his 
casting:"There are very few actors 
in the world with that Niven 
charisma and elegance, and at the 
same time a sexiness which makes 
it believable that a young girl 
would fall in love with him. It's 
not as though we were looking for 
a Pavarotti, but there's no doubt 
that Roger can sing and from what 
I've seen so far I think he's going 
to be a revelation." 

Besides, as Moore says with his 
usual self-deprecation, he might 
just as well be in London rehears¬ 
ing: the snow has been terrible in 
Gstaad this winter. 

centra ted involvement and a de¬ 
tached sense of pure play which 
marks only the greatest of players. 
Bashmet chose Shostakovich’s Vi¬ 
ola Sonata which was premiered 
in 1975 with Mikhail Muntxan, 
Bashmet’s own intensely sympa¬ 
thetic accompanist as pianisL 
Its long first movement search, 
its even longer final meditation on 
Beethoven’s "Moonlight" Sonata 
and, it seems, on the nature of - 
musical expression itself, needed 
the exit and release of encores. 
Bashmet obliged with four grave 
and gay, sweet and sour. 

Hilary Finch 

20 minutes of music, in which the 
sheer weight of sound is no 
measure of a very humdrum 
content. Ian Caley and Neil 
Howlett sang the main solos 
capably, and Sir John marshalled 
his forces tightly, but all but a few 
pages rang decidedly hollow. 

Bui more rewarding music was 
to be heard in Don Quixote, with 
"Timothy Hugh a poised if some¬ 
times too effacing solo cellist and a 
curiously slack control of the 
work’s variation form by the 
conductor, and Mozart having a 
cleansing effect with the buoyant 
spirit and warmly expressive 
woodwind playing in his "Prague" 
Symphony. 

Noel Goodwin 


THE TIMES 
ARTS DIARY 


Holy damages 

As the costs of restoring St 
Margaret, the House of Com¬ 
mons' parish church, drift past £1 
million, it seems the scaffolding is 
having the opposite effect — a 
second stained-glass window, this 
time dedicated to the Puritan poet 
John Milton, has been damaged 
by a pole. Less than a year ago Sir 
Walter Raleigh's window fell vic¬ 
tim in the same way, but the 
verger, Fred Glee, seems un¬ 
ruffled. "The windows are 20 to 30 
feet high, and a scaffold pole is 
difficult to control if there's much 
of a wind," he said. 

Drawing blanks 

Staff at the Royal Academy, 
bewildered by some of the more 
challenging works at their "Italian 
Art of the 20th century" ex¬ 
hibition, demanded an explana¬ 
tion of their meaning when the 
show opened three weeks ago. but 
are still waiting. "I start having 
difficulties with Fontana {the ab¬ 
stract artist who specializes in 
slashing the canvas]," said one. In 
the interests of freedom of 
information, a talk was arranged 
by Simonetta FraqueUi. the ex¬ 
hibition co-ordinator, but she 
went home ill and has now left for 
Italy. Was the prospect of explana¬ 
tion all too much? 

Design dynasty 

A dynasty of book designers looks 
set to be launched with the cover 
of The Times Museums Year 
Guide. The design comes from a 
young artist fresh out of St 
Martin’s School of Art, who 
caught the attention of the guide's 
art director with his programme 
for the London Film Festival in 
November. 

He is Miles Aldridge, 24-year- 
old son of Alan, who became 
known as the publishing world's 
Beatle when he became Penguin's 
art director in the mid-1960s and 
introduced illustration to Penguin 
covers. He is now writing film 
scripts in Hollywood. 

• Some people thought it s rap ris¬ 
ing, when they saw the shortlist for 
the Olivier Awards (winners to be 
announced tomorrow), that Mau¬ 
reen lipman's splendid Joyce 
Grenfell one-woman-show, Rez 
Joyce, is absent — especially since 
it is doe to end its run at the 
Fortune Theatre on February 26. 
It is to be replaced by another 
revne. I hear, called Forbidden 
Broadway, which has a series of 
off-Broadway musical songs — 
including one with a line that 
conies from the heart: "When I 
many Andrew Lloyd-Webber I'll 
never have to to matinees again." 

Simon Tait 


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MUSEUMS 


REVIEW 33 



Carving a future: Richard Lace feels the sculpture court of the Walker Art Gallery is in tone with the feelings of the museum-goers who have N little opportunity to enjoy classical works 


It is nearly a hundred years 
since IS black-coated gentle¬ 
men, representatives of muse¬ 
ums “selected from amongst 
the best known in England”, 
packed themselves into the 
back room of the York home 
of a Mr S.W. North, vice- 
president of the Yorkshire 
Philosophical Society. 

They were founding the 
Museums Association, to 
establish standards and pro¬ 
vide a conduit for research 
information. The fact that 
museums are becoming, and 
may still further become, po¬ 
tent factors in education and 
scientific culture, is now gen¬ 
erally recognized, and the day 
when such institutions were 
looked upon as mere recep¬ 
tacles for anything curious or 
abnormal bas gone for ever,” 
wrote one of those founding 
fathers. Elijah Howarth of 
Sheffield. 

Not only has bis persever¬ 
ance in the face of opposition 
from his own colleagues been 
justified, the MA’s centenary 
is seen as the right time for the 
biggest showcase ever to be 
created: Museums Year. The 
current MA president. Dr 
Patrick Boyian, describes it as 
“the biggest promotional 
event for museums and gal¬ 
leries the world has ever 
seen-”. 

New museums are opening 
at the rate of one every 18 
days; old museums are 
refurbishing, updating and 
opening new galleries. In 1889 


Past, present, future 


there were 200 museums. 
Today there are about 2,500. 
A hundred years ago they had 
- no reason to measure atten¬ 
dances, but something like 
50,000 visits is about what 
they were drawing. In Muse¬ 
ums Year they confidently 
expect a staggering 100 
million. 

The government minister 
responsible for our museums 
— directly for our 25 national 
institutions, indirectly 
through grants to the Muse¬ 
ums and Galleries Com¬ 
mission for local authority 
museums — is Richard Luce, 
the Arts Minister. 

“The most impressive thing 
is the extraordinary rate of 
expansion over all of types of 
museums,” he says. “Longer 
established museums are ad¬ 
justing to new requirements 
and public demand, finding 
out the kind of things they 
want and moving every mus¬ 
cle to provide them.” A 
frequent visitor to museums 
and galleries, he had just seen 
a manifestation of what he 
called “in-toueb-ness” in Liv¬ 
erpool, where seven museums 
are now directly funded by 
him since the abolition of the 
metropolitan counties. 


1989 is an important year for 
museums, Simon Tait writes 


“It was in the Walker Art 
Gallery, where/1 venture to 
suggest, the new sculpture 
court which I opened is ex¬ 
actly in tune with the feelings 
of the museum-goers who 
enjoy classical sculpture at 
least as much as contem¬ 
porary abstract work and have 
had very little chance to enjoy 
it. 1 warmly applaud that kind 
of imaginative development. 

“It's not just scholarship 
which is very important for 
them. It is a manifestation of 
the self-education which more, 
and more people want,” Luce 
says, revealing for the first 
lime that he is having talks 
with Kenneth Baker, Secretary 
of State for Education, about a 
programme to tie museums in 
more closely with the edu¬ 
cation system, and the GCSE 
curriculum in particular. 

So what, from a govern¬ 
ment-eye view, has been the 
reason for foe expansion from 
a creditable 1,000museums in 
1983 to more than double that 
number now? “1 don't think 


there's a sudden moment 
when everyone saw the light, 
but 1 think you can say that in 
the last few years there has 
been an expansion in interest 
in the arts, people wanting to 
educate themselves more; 
people have got more money 
in their pockets, many have 
got more leisure time.” 

But some of his recent 
policies have been severely 
criticized. His new funding 
system for the national muse¬ 
ums, in which they are given 
budgets for three years instead 
of one to give them an 
opportunity to plan their 
future more precisely, was 
generally reckoned to be a 
good thing. 

But the freezing of purchase 
grants in that package was not, 
nor was bis proposal to 
encourage museums and gal¬ 
leries to dispose of surplus 
parts of their collections. But ■ 
his attitude appeared to be 
softening on both issues. “I’ve 
decided to have a discussion 
period about purchase grants. 


COMMENT 


An exalted nationalism 


Twenty-four years ago, m 
connection with the centenary 
of Yeats’s birth, I wrote an 
essay on Yeats's politics under 
the title Passion And Cunning 
(recently reprinted, in a collec¬ 
tion with the same title). 

Today, on the fiftieth 
anniversary of Yeats’s death, I 
should like to return to the 
same subject, but looking at it 
lhis rime from a significantly 
different angle. 

In 1965, what interested me 
most about Yeats’s politics 
was his intermittent, but po¬ 
tent and recurring, attraction 
towards fascism. Today what 
interests me most is his 
propensity — also inter¬ 
mittent, but potent and recur¬ 
ring — to exalted (or manic) 
Irish nationalism, and his 
capacity to evoke the same in 
some of his Irish readers, both 
in his own day and later. 

Yeats was, throughout his 
life, as he has told us, an Irish 
nationalist. Mostly his 
nationalism remained a rather 
quiet and abstract sort of 
thing, with not much bearing 
on his writing and activities. 
Bui on the rare occasions 
when nationalism found ex¬ 
pression in his work, it did so 
to some purpose. 

By far the most important 
of Yeats’s nationalist writings 
is the play Caihleen ni 
Houlihan, which was first 
performed in 1903 with Maud 
Gonne in the title role. It 
electrified its Dublin audi¬ 
ences with its summons to 
fight and die for Ireland, and 
will be remembered for ever. 
The Old Woman who is 
Cathlecou foe symbolic figure 
representing Ireland, says, in 
her last lines on stage: 

“They that have red 
cheeks will have pale cheeks 
for my sake.” She goes out: her 
voice is heard outside singing. 

“They shall be remem¬ 
bered for ever. 

They shall be alive tor 

CV er ’They shall be speaking for 
ever, 

The people shall hear 
them for ever.” 

The play ends with foe lines: 
Peter (to Patrick laying a 
hand on his arnif. “Did you 
see an old woman going down 
the path?” 


Conor Cruise O’Brien reflects on 
the mighty strength of W. B. Yeats 


Patrick: “I did not, but I saw 
a young girl, and she had the 
walk of a queen.” 

Thirteen years later, Con¬ 
stance Markievicz, in jail in 
England under sentence of 
death for her part in Dublin's 
Easter Rising of 1916, was 
comforted by the thought that 
foe promise of Yeats’s Cafo- 
leen would now apply to her: 
“ ‘They shall be remembered 
for evershe quoted in 
a letter to her sister-, adding 
“and even poor me shall not 
be forgotten*’. 

More than 20 years after 
that, foe dying Yeats asked 
himself foe question: 

Did that play of mine send 

out 

Certain men the English 
shot? 

I believe, not only that it 
clearly did, but 
that it is still 
sending them 
out. Caihleen ni 
Houlihan is 
unique among 
Yeats's political 
writings in that 
it is entirely free 
from ambiva¬ 
lence, ambigu¬ 
ity and the 
cryptic. It is a 
straightfor¬ 
ward, red-hot 
piece of phys- 


faciteraeiifc W.B. Yeats 
i cal-force-nationalist propa¬ 


ganda. If someone today were 
to put on Caihleen ni 
Houlihan as a benefit perfor¬ 
mance in support of foe 
Provisional IRA, they would 
not have to alter a single line. 
There is nothing there that 
would not serve their purpose. 

But they do not have to put 
the play on, for it has become 
internalized. It has entered foe 
Irish nationalist bloodstream. 
In particular, it is part of the 
subculture that has given us 
the Provisional IRA. 

Some might dispute that. 
English people often think of 
the Provisionals as mindless 
thugs — foe sort of people who 
would not know about a poet 
like Yeats. In reality, the 
Provisionals, like other simi¬ 


lar movements, have their 
share of intellectuals, some of 
whom are quite at home with 
Yeats, in their way. 

One such was Daiihi 
O’ConaiU, one of the IRA 
leaders in foe 1970s. One day, 
O'Conaill was asked why IRA 
operations in mainland 
Britain were so seldom 
successful O’ConaiH explain¬ 
ed that there were certain 
difficulties in communication. 
And then he quoted, from 
Yeats’s The Second Coming , 
the line: 

The falcon cannot hear 
the falconer. 

O’Conaill was foe falconer; 
foe falcon represented foe 
people O’ConaiU sent out to 
blow other people up. 

Mot perhaps quite what foe 
poet had in mind when be 
wrote that 
particular . line 
but not remote, 
either, from foe 
general subject 
matter of that 
poem. In any 
case it is dear 
that this IRA 
leader knew his 
Ycats. 

The year 
after the final 
curtain went 
down on Cath- 
teen ni Houli¬ 
han, Maud Gonne went off 
and married Major John Mac- 
Bride (later executed for his 
part in the Easter Rising). 
From then on, and for a long 
time. Yeats abandoned foe 
wilder shores of Irish national¬ 
ism. He refused to allow his 
Abbey Theatre to become a 
centre for nationalist propa¬ 
ganda and was denounced by 
the nationalists. 

Yeats did not return to a 
nationalist theme until after 
the Easter Rising and the 
execution of its leaders. 
Yeats’s four“1916” poems, as 
a whole, are quite unlike 
Caihleen ni Houlihan. They 
are reflective and, in large 
part, sceptical and apprehen¬ 
sive. But they do contain lines 
that can be read in the spirit of 



Caihleen ni Houlihan , and 
these were foe Hnes that 
entered into the bloodstream 
of Irish republicanism. Most 
especially foe line: 

A terrible beauty is bom. 

One day in 1971 I was 
speaking in foe Dai], the Irish 
parliament, and I happened to 
quote some lines of Yeats. 
This was just after the opening 
of foe Provisional IRA's 
“offensive” in Northern Ire¬ 
land. and shortly after the 
Arms Trials, in which 
C. J. Haughey — now Taoi¬ 
seach — had been acquitted on 
charges of importing arms 
illegally into foe Republic. 

As it happened, Haughey 
was in foe chamber when 
spoke and be called out 
loudly: “Complete the quota¬ 
tion!” Completing the quota¬ 
tion would have entailed 
quoting foe line about a 
terrible beauty. In the context, 
I took — and I still take — 
Haughey’s demand to imply 
that, with foe renewal of the 
arms struggle, this time in 
Northern Ireland, a terrible 
beauty had been bom again. 

In the Irish Civil War of 
1922-23, Yeats took the gov¬ 
ernment side, the side of the 
Anglo-Irish treaty. Those who 
were true to the tradition of 
Caihleen ni HoulUutn, the 
republicans, including the pol¬ 
itical ancestors of today's Pro¬ 
visional IRA, were on foe 
other side. For that reason 
Yeats, personally, has never 
been any kind of hero to the 
republicans. All foe same, 
parts of his work are pan of 
their culture and pan of what 
keeps them going. 

Fifty years after his death, 
Yeats is still very much alive, 
in many senses. Unfortunately 
foe pan that is most alive in 
Ireland, out of all foe rich 
complexity of his work, is the 
Caihleen ni Houlihan pan. 
Through that play, the poet 
doomed himself to a share in 
foe V alhalla of his blood¬ 
thirsty Irish Valkyrie. 

“They shall be remem¬ 
bered for ever. 

They shall be alive for 
ever. 

They shall be speaking for 
ever. 

The people shall bear 
them for ever." 


I realize how difficult it is for 
museums and galleries to 
acquire the things they need, 
and it's because of repetitions 
I have had that I’ve decided to 
have a review.” 

And, to use the adopted 
American word for disposals, 
what about “deaccession ing”? 

“I circulated a discussion 
document last autumn asking 
for views by the end of last 
year, which we are analysing. 
Anything new foe government 
does, people always think 
there's a plot behind it. but I 
don't believe that a disposals 
policy would lead to the 
raising of vast new resources.” 

What he has done is to get 
extra money for building 
refurbishment, so that by foe 
last year of the period there 
will be £55 million available; 
he has got more money for the 
MGC to moont a travelling 
exhibition programme for 
more national treasures to be 
seen outside London. “People 
think that all our treasures are 
sitting below in the vaults and 
not being seen, but the British 
Museum lent 2.500 objects in 
1987; the Tate in 1987-88 lent 
556 and foe V & A no less 
than 3,000 objects of art in the 
same period.” He has also 


stretched the government in¬ 
demnity scheme to foe value 
of some £800 million to enable 
objects to be covered while on 
tour. 

Perhaps foe single most 
important thing for all muse¬ 
ums is that he intends to 
resolve the 100-year-old prob¬ 
lem of museum training this 
year. In 1987 the MGC issued 
a report saying that for career 
structure, museum standards 
and scholarship levels there 
had to be a more modern and 
coherent training system and 
called for a central training 
institution. 

This has been followed by 
the MA's own inquiry, 
commissioned by Luce, and 
with the recently announced 
new controlling body as the 
centrepiece, he expects the 
new system to be in place 
before Museums Year is ouu 

“Museums Year has two 
aims,” Boyian says, “first, we 
want to change foe public's 
perception of museums — we 
are, still, ail too often faced 
with foe popular stereotype of 
museums being dead, musty 
and dusty. 

“Our second aim is to 
encourage public and private 
investment in museums. We 
are seeking more government 
investment in all our muse¬ 
ums, national and provincial. 
But we are not pleading; we 
are saying: ‘If you invest in us 
your investment will be repaid 
many times over'.” 


MS 



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The Times is 
sponsoring 
Museums Year, and 
will be launching the 
Museums Year 
Passport Scheme on 
February 6. 

There will also be a 
schools’ competition. 


EXHIBITION CALENDAR'' 


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: 
Exhibition of items from private 
collections around 

Lincolnshire. 

Lincoln City and County 
Museum, Broadgate, Lincoln 
(0522 304U1). Mon-Sat 10am- 
5.30pm. SurrZ30-5pm. Adults 
25p; children top. Until May. 

GOING UP TOWN: An 
exhibition about the social 
event of the week in many 
Victorian lives — shopping. 
Oldham Local Interest Centre, 
Greaves Street, Oldham (061 
678 4653). Mon. Wed-Fri 
1 Oam-5pm, Tues lOam-lpm, 
Sat l0am-4pm. free. 

LONDON ILLUSTRATED: 
Exhibition of the work of eight 
young former Royal College of 
Art fflustra tors. 

Museum of London, London 
Wall, London EC2 (01-600 
3699). Tubs-S at 10am-6pm. 

Sun 2-6pm. Free. Until Feb 12. 

VILLAGE OF FELLBRtDGE: 

The social history of a Sussex 
community. 

East Grinstead Town Museum, 
East Court College Lane, East 
Grinstaad, Sussex (0342 
22511). Wed 2-4pm, Sat (April- 
Oct) 2-5pm, (Nov-March) 2- 
4pm. Free. To March. 

THE CENTURIES: Exhibition 
looking at the steel town in the 
1700s and 1800s. 

Sheffield City Museum, 

Weston Park. Sheffield (0742 
768588). Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 
11am-5pm. Free. To Feb 18. 

SPRINGBURN SCULPTURE 
PROJECT: This community 
museum invites local people to 
create an exhibition. 

Spring bum Museum, Ayr 
Street, Glasgow (041333 
0183). Mon-Fri 1O.30am-5pm; 
weekend lOam-lpm, 2-5pm. 
Free. Until Mar 3. 

COTTAGES OF YESTERYEAR: 
Paintings by Surrey artist 
Helen AUingham. 

Guildford House Gallery, 155 
High Street Guildford, Surrey 
(0483 50346). Sat 10.30 am- 
4.50pm. Free. Last day today. 

BLAEGWAWR - THE WAY 
WE WERE: The social history 
of this part of South Wales. 
Welsh industrial and Maritime 
Museum, Bute Street. Cardiff 
(0222 481919). Tues-Sat 
10am-5pm, Sun 2-30-5pm. 

Free. Until Feb 12. 

MALCOLM WHITTAKER: 
Drawings and photographs by 
this local artist. 

Postamgate Gallery, 6 
Postern gate. Hull (0482 
222745). Tues-Sat 10 am- 
5.30pm. Free. Until Feb 4. 

MICHAEL HILL: Drawings and 
photographs of India. 

The Grange, Rottingdean, East 
Sussex (0273 31004). Mon, 
Thura, Sat lOam-Spm.Tues, 

Fri, lOam-lpm, 2-5pm, Sun 2- 
5pm. Free. To Feb 2. 

CHILDREN'S ART: 

Competition results, with an 
exhibition of the entrants in this 
national contest 
Ayscoughfee Hail Museum, 
Churchgate, Spalding, Lines 
(0775 5458). Mon-Thurs 10am- 
5pm, Fri 10am-4.30pm. Free. 

Until Tues. 

BOBBIE RENNIE: Exhibition Of 
the work of this local painter. 
Cumbernauld Central Library, 
Allander Walk, Cumbernauld, 
Glasgow (0236 725664). Mon, 
Tues, Thura, Fri, 10am-9pm; 
Weds 9am-5pm. Free. Until 
Feb 3. 

REVOLUTION: Parliament and 
the Revolution, 1688-1988. 
Merseyside Museum of Labour 
History, Islington. Liverpool 
(051 227 5234). Mon-Sat 
1 Qam-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free. 

Until Feb 5. 

ART DECO: The art of the 
Underground. 

London Transport Museum. 


Covent Garden. London WC2 
(01-379 6344). Daily 10am- 
6pm. Charge £2.40: 
concessions £1.10; family 
ticket available. Until Feb 5. 

ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY: 
Three exhibitions, of “The 
Garden 11 . Edwin Smith (a (oca! 
photographer), and 25 
"Classic images". 

Newlyn Art Gallery, New Road, 
Nawlyn. Penzance. Cornwall 
(0735 63715). Mon-Sat 10am- 
5pm. Free. Until Mar 4. 

MACHINE: Industrial 
embroidery exhibitions. 

Pittville Pump Room Museum, 
P'rttvllte Pump Room, 

Che (ten ham. Glos. (0242 
512740). Tues-Sat 10.30am- 
5pm. Charge 40p, concessions 
20p. Until Mar 11. 

FREEING THE SPIRIT: 
Exhibition of the work of 
Scottish abstract artists. 

Grace field Arts Centre. 28 
Edinburgh Road, Dumfries 
(0387 62084). Mon-Fri noon- 
5pm, Sat I0am-5pm, Sun 
11am-5pm. Free. From today 
to Feb 26. 

MARRIAGE LINES: 
Photographic exhibition of 
wedding scenes. 

Ofdham Art Gallery. Union 
Street. Oldham, Greater 
Manchester (061 624 0505). 
Mon, Wed-Fri I0am-5pm. Tues 
lOam-lpm. Sat 10am-4pm. 
Free. From today to April 15. 

NEW SPIRIT IN CRAFT & 
DESIGN: Exhibition of 
innovation by young artists and 
desiners. Until Tues. From 
Wed. clocks and watches. 
Liverpool Museum. William 
Brown Street, Liverpool (051 
207 0001). Mon-Sat 10am- 
5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free. 

VANITY FAIR IN WALES: 
Caricatures of eminent Welsh 
Vicorians. 

National Museum of Wales, 
Cathays Park, Cardiff (0222 
397951). Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 
Sun 2.3D-5pm. Free. To 
Feb 12. 

A NIGHT IN HORSHAM: 
Memories of the town in 
wartime. 

Horsham Museum, Causeway 
House, 9 The Causeway. 
Horsham, West Sussex (0403 
54959). Oct-Mar, Tuas-Fri 1- 
5pm, Sat 10am-5pm; April- 
Sept, Tues-Sat I0am-5pm. 

Free. To Feb 25. 

MECCANO: Children's pre- 
Leggq world. 

Corinium Museum, Park 
Street, Cirencester, 
Gloucestershire (0285 5611). 
Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2- 
5pm. Charge 60p, OAPs 40p. 
children 30p. 

DANISH GRAPHIC ART: 
Exquisite linework of 
Scandinavian draughtsmen. 
Edinburgh City Art Centre, 2 
Market Street, Edinburgh (031 
225 2424 ext 6650). Mon-Sat 
10am-5pm. Free. Last 
daytoday. 

HOW WE USED TO LIVE: an 
exhibition about the area's 
social history. 

Scunthorpe Museum and Art 
Gallery, Oswald Road, 
Scunthorpe, South 
Humberside (0724 843533 ext 
864). Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 
2«5pm. Free. From today to 
Mar 25. 

A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE 
THINGS: Celebrities, including 
Neil Kin nock, Edward Heath, 
the Archbishop of Canterbury 
and Terry Wogan, pick 100 
objects from the collections for 
special Museums Year 
exhibition. 

Salisbury and South Wiltshire 
Museum, The King's House, 

65 The Close. Salisbury (0722 
332151). Open daily 10am- 
4pm. Charge £1.50, 
concessions £1, children 50p. 
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H e is the most 
compelling of jazz's 
surviving great fig¬ 
ures, and often the 
most infuriating. 
He just won't stand 
still. Yet after changing his style 
every season since the first baby- 
boomers were in nappies, he can 
still pull old fans out of the 
woodwork with the hint of a 
comeback tour or a new album. 

in New York just before Christ¬ 
mas. Miles Davis and his current 
band were the opening-night 
attraction at Indigo Blues, a new 
club aiming to bring jazz back to 
the midtown area, where the likes 
of the Bird land, the Royal Roost 
and the Onyx thrived in the days 
before they paved paradise and 
put up a parking lot 
By ail accounts. Davis blew with 
a great deal more conviction than 
he had in the contrived, emo¬ 
tionally hollow performance he 
gave the last time I saw him, a 
couple of years ago. The days 
when his albums carried the proud 
and significant legend "Directions 
in music by Miles Davis” may be 
over, traded in for guest appear¬ 
ances with such state-of-the-art 
popsters as Prince and Scritti 
Poiitti, but one never feels quite 
comfortable about trying to write 
him off as a creative force. 

The CBS Years, a boxed set of 
four and a half hours of music (in 
the form of four CDs, four 
cassettes or five vinyl discs), gives 
the measure of the man's past; no 
other jazz musician could show 
such a consistent outpouring of 
invention and diversity over a 30- 
year span. 

This is not the sum of Davis—it 
must necessarily omit his work in 
the Forties with Charlie Parker 
and with his influential nonet, 
while a couple of tracks from his 
recent Warner Bros albums ("Por¬ 
tia” from Tutu and “Lost in 


Tantalizing milestones 


Madrid V” from the Siesta sound¬ 
track, since you ask) would be 
necessary to bring the story up to 
date — but it is none the less 
comprehensive in its portrayal of 
the man's genius. 

Programmed thematically 
under the subtitles “Blues”, “Stan¬ 
dards”. "Originals”, "Moods” and 
“Electric” (the themes are self- 
contained within each vinyl disc, 
but overlap on the CDs and 
cassettes), such a set cannot hope 
to satisfy everyone. Selected from 
a catalogue of about 50 albums, 
from the lean, classic hard bop of 
1957’s Round About Midnight to 
the ingratiating pop-funk of)985's 
You 're Under Arrest, it is bound to 
omit favourites. 

By and large, though, compiler 
Jeff Rosen has made the best of 
what must have been among the 
decade's most enviable jobs of 
archive-plundering. 

Rosen's access to the vaults of 
unreleased CBS material means 
the presence of a tantalizing 
handful of previously unknown 
items: just enough to make the 
collector give serious consid¬ 
eration to investing in a large 
quantity of material he may 
already have in order to acquire 
the new items, but not quite 
enough to make the purchase 
essentia! unless he is the sort of 
idolaior who would pay for the 
contents of Davis's dustbin. 

The compiler’s opening gambit 
gives an idea of his sensitivity 
towards a complicated subject the 
first track of the "Blues” section 
leads the album off in the most 


subtly dramatic way, with the 
sensuous prefatory fanfare of 
"Generique”, recorded in 1957 as 
the main theme for L’Ascenseur 
pour TEchafaud (“lift to the 
Scaffold”), Louis Malle’s film 
noir. Here we find Davis defining 
the incomparable smoky beauty of 
his open-horn tone, his phrases 
rising and felling on invisible air- 
currents with divine elegance, and 
separating the tonality of the blues 
from its conventional 12-bar 
structure to create for the first time 
a special sense of unresolvedness 
which he has pursued and devel¬ 
oped ever since, manifested in the 
open-ended structures of his great 
modal pieces of the late Fifties and 
in the apparently random editing 
of his early Seventies funk sym¬ 
phonies. 

“Gen&rique”, 47ft bars of un¬ 
earthly perfection occupying two 
minutes and 45 seconds, is the key 
to all of that. 

Following it would be a problem 
for anyone else, but “All Blues”, 
from the classic album Kind of 
Blue; amply raises the stakes. 

This hypnotically see-sawing 
6/8 vamp draws the best from 
perhaps the finest of all post-war 
combos, in which Davis assem¬ 
bled the contrasting 
temperaments of majestic John 
Coltrane, joyful Cannonball 
Adderiey, pensive Bill Evans, 
staunch Paul Chambers and silken 
Jimmy Cobb. Nowhere is Davis’s 
ability to make the most of 
minimal material better displayed 
than iu the row of staccato notes 
which his muted trumpet stabs 


MBes Davfs: The CBS Years 1955- 
1985 (CBS 463246, box of 4 CDs) 
Chet Baker in Paris VoIs 1-4 


(Emarcy 837474-7,4 CDs) •' 
Great Momenta in Jazz (Attar 


781907, box of 
3 discs) 


through the saxophone riffs on the 
fade-out chorus, a few seconds 
which retain their ability to aston¬ 
ish after decades of familiarity. 

And so it goes on: the brusque 
tenderness of "Eighty-One”, by 
the Wayne Shorter/Herbie Han¬ 
cock quintet; the richly detailed 
landscape of "Blues for Pablo” 
one of his finest collaborations 
with GO Evans, followed by the 
magical lightness of “Summer¬ 
time”, in which the orchestra 
becomes a combo, paced by Pirilly 
Joe Jones’s disdainfully cod 
rimshots. 


T he wild live-at-New- 
port “Straight, No 
Chaser” is followed 
by the Adderiey/Coi- 
trane sextet; back to 
Shorter and Hancock 
for the mysterious 1966 “Foot¬ 
prints”, with Tony Williams’s 
extraordinary drumming prefigur¬ 
ing the moves of the subsequent 
decade; and finally a return to 
L’Ascenseur for “Florence sur Ies 
Champs-Etys6es”, a medium- 
tempo reworking of “Gfinerique”. 

The remaining four-fifths erf the 
set match the intelligent program¬ 


ming of that opening sequence. 
"Standards” includes the famous 
1956 “ ’Round About Midnight” 
and the marvellous 1964 Phil¬ 
harmonic Hall "My Fanny Val¬ 
entine”; “Originals” hsre the 
absolute perfection of "Mile¬ 
stones” and the 1961 C&megie 
Hafi “So What”; “Moods” 
matches Evans’s exotic “Saeta” to 
such mid-Sixties masterpieces of 
ambiguity as “Masqualeto”, “Pin- 
occfaio” and “Fair, and to the 
lyricism of “It’s About That 
Time”; anH the “Electric” sifte 
chops from the abrupt funk of 
“Honky Took” to the smooth 
latter-day pop-soul of “Ms 
Monisme”. 

What of the unreleased pieces? 
With some, such as the alternative 
take of Kind of Blue's "Flamenco 
Sketches” and a wonderful "I 
Thought About You” recorded 
live in Antibes in 1963, we are 
presented with worthwhile addi¬ 
tions to the canon. 

But who would swap the orig¬ 
inal nine-minute version of 
“Someday My Prince Will 
Come”, with John Coltrane and 
Hank Mobley sharing the tenor 
saxophone solos, for an alter¬ 
native five-minute take without 
Coltrane, which is what we get 
here? It seems odd, too, that 
Rosen could unearth nothing new 
from what must be a mountain of 
posl-Bitches Brew studio 
recordings. 

Taking his selections as a whole, 
this particular fen misses “Sid’s 
Ahead”, from Milestones ; “Blue in 
Green”, from Kind of Blue ; “Mile 


Mabry”, from Filles de Kili¬ 
manjaro; and “Gone”, from Porgy 
and Bess. 


But really, the only thing that 
spoils The CBS Years is an 
unforgivable slackness in the 
discographical annotation, which 
leads the newcomer astray on 
several important points of 
personnel and chronology. 
"Budo”, for example, was not 
recorded in 1956 with the same 
line-up as “Love for Sale” three 
years Later; for a start, one was by a 
quintet, the other by a sextet Bill 
Evans and Jimmy Cobb were not 
the pianist and drummer who 
played vital roles on the pivotal 
“Milestones”; Red Garland and 
Philly Joe Jones were. 

These things matter,, so it is 
worth the extra investment in the 
paperback edition of Ian Cart's 
fine biography. Miles Davis (Pal¬ 
adin Books), which straightens 
them out 

More obviously aimed at the 
serious collector, the four volumes 
of Chet Baker in Paris increase 
from 34 to 54 the number of items 
available from Barker’s 1955-56 
recordings for the Barclay labeL 
These new compilations, which 
come from France via Phono¬ 
gram’s EmArcy subsidiary and 
render the versions on the Spanish 
Fresh Sound label obsolete, divide 
foe material carefully enough, and 
it is possible to make particularly 
warm recommendations of Vol I, 
which features foe nine quartet 
items recorded with foe astonish¬ 
ing and ill-fated young pianist 


Dick Twardzik, and Vol 2. further 
quartet items made a few days 
later in foe shadow of Twardzik’s 
death, marked by an atmosphere 
of tragic resignation. 

Vol 4 consists of 16 alternative 
takes from various sessions, al¬ 
though. sadly, none with 
Twardzik. 

It is harder to detect the 
rationale behind foe appearance of 
Great Moments in Jazz, particu¬ 
larly since the same company, 
Atlantic Records, celebrated its 
40th birthday a couple of years ago 
with a 15-disc box which sum¬ 
marized its involvement in jazz in 
a far more comprehensive and 
imaginative manner. 

Great Moments duplicates two 
tracks from that compilation, 
Charles Mingus's “Wednesday 
Night Prayer Meeting” and Les 
McCann’s “Compared to What”, 
and otherwise concentrates on the 
more commercially successful as¬ 
pects of the label’s jazz output, 
from Shorty Rogers's “Martians 
Go Home” through Mel Tonnfe’s 
“Cornin’ Home Baby” to Man¬ 
hattan Transfer's “Birdland” by 
way of Herbie Mann, Mose Alli¬ 
son, Eddie Harris, Billy Cobham, 
Jean-Luc Ponty and Passport 

Ornette Coleman's “Ram¬ 
blin' ”, the MJQ’s "The Golden 
Striker” and John Coltrane’s “My 
Favourite Things” represent At¬ 
lantic’s commitment to foe harder 
stuff but do not make much sense 
in this context 

David “Fathead” Newman's 
“Hard Times”, in which foe gifted 
Texan saxophonist takes the reins 
of foe 1958 Ray Charles band, 
with Charles himself at foe piano, 
was my only real discovery of this 
package: a cherishable slice of 
funky mainstream jazz, the sort of 
thing that jukeboxes were in¬ 
vented for. 


Richard Williams 



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Black and white 


T hese six splendid issues 
span every living gener¬ 
ation of pianists, all 
very different musical 
personalities but all sharing a 
remarkable ability to com¬ 
plement a composer’s musical 
vision through their own 
personalities. It seems only 
right to begin with foe oldest 
of them, the octogenarian 
Claudio Arrau, whose disc of 
Mozart sonatas breathes a 
dean, eloquent, infinitely sub¬ 
tly expressive air, bom of a 
lifetime of intense experience. 
He paces everything with a 
natural sense of space, and the 
quality of sound he produces 
is still as translucent and 
cultivated as it ever was. 
Artistry such as this can never 
become obsolete. 


CLASSICAL 


Mozart Plano Sonatas K284 
and K533/494 Claudio Arrau. 
Philips 422 147-2 (CD) 
Bee t ho ven; Diafaeff 
Variations, Op 120 Sviatoslav 
Richter. PhHips 422 416-2 (CD) 

Schubert: Piano Sonata hi A, 
D959/Deutscfte Tanzo, 
D783/Ungarische Mekxfie, 


Brendel. Philips422 229-2 (CD) 
Bacfc Engfisb Suites, BWV 
806-811 Andras Schrff. Dacca 


806-811 Andras Schiff. Dacca 
421 640-2(CO) 

Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos 2 
and 3 Mftsuko Uchida- Philips 
420 949-2 (CD) 

Debussy: Images, Books I and 
- 11/Suite Bergamasque/2 
Arabesques Cecils OusseL 
EMICDC 749497 2 (CD) 


But if Arrau’s disc is simply 
a joy, no less so is that mere 
septuagenarian Sviatoslav 
Richter’s live recording, made 
in the Amsterdam Concertge- 
bouw, of Beethoven’s DiabeQi 
Variations, in which, typi¬ 
cally, formidable imagination 
and much power go hand in 
hand with an instinctively 
intellectual insight. Richter 
builds an impressive edifice 
indeed, combining brilliance 
and fury with a finely bal¬ 
anced poetic sense. Altogether 
this is just about an ideal 
match of soloist and music; 
both embrace all that there is 
to embrace, while Richter's 
bright, firm, tone quality suits 
the composer, and this work, 
to perfection. 


absurd illusions created by the 
record industry that their 

wares represent any definitive 
viewpoint. Brendel - exag¬ 
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nuances, with on the whole, a 
mellower result. In his con¬ 
certs one occasionally feels 
that he excludes his audience 
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communion with the 
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Brendel must be reckoned as 
being from foe next youngest 
generation, though foe sheer 
spirituality of his art is deep 
enough for him to be acknowl¬ 
edged widely as one of foe 
sages of his profession. His 
most recent version of Schu¬ 
bert’s lale A major Sonata, 
D959, is no mere repetition of 
bis earlier readings — it is, in 
any case, one of the more 


H ere, however, the sott¬ 
ish quality and the 
dose recording of foe 
sound and the inevitably inti¬ 
mate listening ambience con¬ 
spire to draw foe listener 
inexorably into his world, and 
a beautiful, by turns lyrical, 
mercurial and majestic one it 
is. The makeweights, though 
far less imposing as structures, 
are equally welcome for their 
beguiling warmth and fresh¬ 
ness of invention. 

Again from Philips, Mitsu- 
ko Uchida’s disc of Chopin's 
second and third Piano So¬ 
natas pleases me more than 
her Mozart often does. Uchida 
can sometimes sound bland in 
that composer’s music, but 
here the sheer technical chall¬ 
enge which Chopin presents to 


her seems to fire her sense of 
spontaneity. Which is not to 
say that she sacrifices anything 
of the pristine, translucent 
quality of sound which 
distinguishes her playing. It 
also suits Chopin, bringing to 
foe surface foe classical nature 
of both of these pieces, while 
paradoxically lending foe 
strange finale of foe Second 
Sonata a new sense of 
mystery. 

Clarity also marks Cedle 
Ousset’s disc of Debussy from 
EML The strengths of this 
pianist’s playing, her immense 
dynamic and tonal variety, 
her consistently refined yet 
always vivid and immediate 
response, never need en¬ 
couragement Her interpreta¬ 
tions of both books of Images' 
are exquisitely and always 
appositely shaded, whether in 

the darting motions of “Pois¬ 
sons d’Or” or in the slow 
contemplation of “Reflets 
dans Teau”. One feels this to 
be a real performance, not 

simply a studio session. The 
two Arabesques and the Suite 
bergamasque, though slighter 
pieces, are equally well done, 
beautifully poised on that 
fragile line which separates 
over- and under-statement, 
familiari ty and eccentricity, in 
performance. 

Finally to Andras Schiff and 
his recording for Decca of 
Bach’s English Suites on foe 
piano. Sheer heresy in this day 
and age? No, I do DOt think so. 
-Schiff though he avoids 
Glenn Gould-like excesses, 
unabashedly stamps his in¬ 
dividuality upon these works, 
but does so with the land of 
conviction and taste that 
make it impossible to argue 
with him. Much better to sit 
back, marvel ax his musician- 
ship, and wonder with awe 
what heights Schiff will have 
conquered when he, like 
Arrau, has reached 85. 


Stephen Pettitt 


album. Mystery Girl, would 
have been released about now 
in any event, and it makes a 
reasonable fist of bringing 
Orbison’s tremulous ballad- 
eering style up to date while 
holding true to the spirit of 
dignified pathos that inspired 
all those wondrous hits in the 
Sixties. 

Much of the music is comm¬ 
and playing contributions 
from a host of celebrity admir¬ 
ers including Bono and The 
Edge, Elvis Goste&o, Albert 
Hammond and T-Bone Bur¬ 
nett, together with three of 
Ortnson’s Traveling Wflbury 
companions, George Hani- 


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Paying 
the price 
of fame 


Karan Thapar reviews the latest 
biography of Jawaharlai Nehru 


A biography is perhaps 
the posthumous pen¬ 
alty for feme, paid by 
most great politicians, 
intimate details of their 
personal lives are laid bare, an¬ 
alysed, and pronounced upon; 
events are scrutinized for motive, 
and inevitably interpreted as pan 
of some great scheme; and there is 
always a conclusion, a pithy, 
beguiling and leading sentence 
which sums up the subject. 

Nehru has certainly paid this 
price. Indeed, the biographies 
began before he died. But on the 
whole they have been kind the 
portrait they have painted has 
been of the shy, thoughtful, 
Harrovian; the profligate bachelor 
at Cambridge; the rich but bored 
barrister of the 1920s; and the 
slowly emerging but later defiant 
and courageous freedom fighter, 

loved by the In-_ 

dian masses but 
not of them, 
torn between the 
England of his 
education (but 
rebelling against 
its imperialism) 


NEHRU 

The Making of India 

By MLJ. At bar 

Viking. £17.95 


and his vision of a free India, 
while fighting to preserve its unity 
and staunch its sectarian strife. 
His dalliances have been treated 
amorally, his failures sympatheti¬ 
cally, while his achievements have 
been trumpeted loudly. 

Perhaps there is not much to 
quarrel with in this picture. At any 
rate it is the accepted wisdom of 
post-independence India, and 
fashion, if not also new feet. has 
yet to contradict it substantially, 
oral least widely. 

But then why has Mr Akbar 
delivered himself of this fat and 
detailed 584-page volume? His 
Nehru is reminiscent of Gopal's 
three-volume study, or even Ed¬ 
wards's and Moraes's earlier 


efforts. And his debt to them and 
other sources is honestly and 
repeatedly acknowledged. 

The answer. I suspect, lies in 
Akbar’s treatment of two asso¬ 
ciated subjects; Mohammed All 
.Jinnah, Nehru's contemporary ri¬ 
val; and Pakistan, the country be 
created. Although again the 
conclusions be reaches are not 
new they are argued with convic¬ 
tion and convincing detail, and 
they draw on fresh academic 
research that is yet to be widely 
disseminated 

Akbar argues that Pakistan was 
a needless and, at least fill 1946, 
unjustified creation. “Pakistan 
was a chimera created by an 
artificially induced haired," he 
writes, “a disturbed and dying 
man's belief that Muslim could 
not live beside Hindu, a convic¬ 
tion supported by nothing more 

____ than the [rower 

to indie violen¬ 
ce" 

What brought 
Pakistan about 
was Jamah's “ha¬ 
tred" for Hindus, 
and the con¬ 


nivance of the British, who willingly 
handed him a veto over any 
proposals which could have kept 
India united. 

Ale bar's verdict is that “British 
officials, the true imperialists, had 
conceded Pakistan to Jinnah long 
before all the thrashing around by 
the politicians and the nit-picking 
over solutions.” But Akbar fails in 
convincingly establishing Jinnah*s 
motive, or that of the British 
administrators he accuses of con 
nivance. After all, the sub-conti¬ 
nent could hardly have known a 
less religious, more “un-Islamic" 
Muslim than Jinnah, and genera¬ 
tions of Raj officials had willingly 
accepted the white man's burden 
of keeping India whole. The 



explanations he hints at, a visceral 
hatred of Hindus and an un¬ 
quenchable quest for power in 
Jinnah, and imperialism in the 
British, are at best incomplete. 

Of course, for the author the 
point itself is sufficient For his 
purpose is to show that “it is a 
total mystery how Nehru or the 
Congress leaders can be held 
responsible for Pakistan. Pakistan 
was created by Jinnah's will and 
Britain's willingness, not by Neh- 
tu*s mistakes." But it leaves the 
most interesting element of this 
book unfinished. 

It does, however, lead to a 
further pertinent conclusion- How 
did Pakistan, created in what were 


anyway Muslim majority prov¬ 
inces, solve the Hindu-Muslim 
problem? “Those Muslims with a 
sense of insecurity remained pre¬ 
cisely where they were; those who 
had nothing to fear from Hindus 
formed a separate country in the 
name of fear." 

Yet all of this could have been 
written, with perhaps more focus 
and undoubtedly more tightly, if 
• Akbar had not decided that his 
chosen vehicle had to be a 
biography of Nehru. After all. as a 
Muslim he has a poignancy and a 
relevance in presenting this thesis 
which any other Indian or aca¬ 
demic would lack. He cannot be 
accused of making a Hindu point. 


And, of course, he is arguing, at 
least partly, in self-justification. 
His family chose to stay on in 
secular India rather than migrate 
to Muslim Pakistan. But what's 
wrong with that? 

By compressing this analysis 
within the framework of a biog¬ 
raphy he has buried his real 
substance under a mountain of 
verbiage and unexceptional detail. 
The only advantage of the rest 
seems to be anecdotal proof that 
Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten 
were lovers. Akbar’s real thesis 
deserved better treatment. For 
that matter Nehru, too, could have 
done with a more critical 
biography. 


Poet of pity and scorn 


“This is the saddest story I have 
ever beard”: that famously plan¬ 
gent opening to Ford Madox 
Ford’s The Good Soldier might 
well begin Desmond Graham's 
biography. Keith Douglas was 
indeed a good soldier and a better 
poet, but when war came, all the 
genius of the latter could not save 
him from the fate of the former: he 
died at the age of 24, with a life still 
ahead ofhim and some fine poems 
behind him. Those poems are 
remarkable because all of them, 
even the earliest, glint with the 
search for a new voice, and three 
or four of them are great poems 
because they folly find it, singing 
with it in all its lush lyricism: “The 
lilies of ambition/ still spring in 
their climate, still unpicked;/ but 
lime, time is all I lacked.. 
Douglas wrote these lines less than 
a year before his death. 

Although Graham does not 
suggest a comparison. Douglas's 
development as a poet resembles 
Auden’s. Like the young Auden, 
he had a childhood of fierce and 
solitary thoughtfulness and a boy¬ 
hood of brutal precocity (at the age 
of six he wrote home from 
boarding school: “The little boy I 
sleep with is sometimes nice and 
sometimes boring.”). Like the 
young Auden, he was a serenely 
self-willed poet who developed so 


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fast at Oxford as a writer that there 
was no time for literary un¬ 
certainty. Auden told his tutor 
that he intended to be “a great 
poet"; when a friend complained 
to Douglas that the latter’s poetry 
held no depth of feeling, Douglas 
called him "astonishingly 
insensitive". 


Unlike Auden, he went to war in 
1941, determined to “bloody well 
make my marie... for I will not 
come back” He did not, but his 
poems did, and a handful of them 
are the finest of the entire war. In 
“Aristocrats” written in 1943, 
Douglas combines pity, admira¬ 
tion and scorn for the noble 
heroics of his dying fellow-offi¬ 
cers. The stubby satire of “Peter 
was unfortunately killed by an 88;/ 
it took bis 1% away ...he said/ 
It’s most unfair, they’ve shot my 
foot off" suddenly metis in a 
swoon of rhetoric as beautiful as it 
is precise: 

How eon / live among this 
gentle 

obsolescent breed of heroes, 
and not weep? 

Unicorns, almost. 

for they are falling into two 
legends 

in which their stupidity and 
chivalry 

are celebrated. Each, fool and 
hero, will be an immortal. 

Graham is no Madox Ford: his 
biography is thorough, exact, aus¬ 
tere and hardly moving. He 
records the facts, audits the 
poems, and leaves us to h. Some 
will like that; others may regret 
that a heart-rending story has not 
been beart-rendingly told. 


Sparkling showpiece 


I must begin by declaring an 
interest. For the last 25 years of his 
life until his tragic death in 1950,1 
was intimately associated with CB 
- as A.P. Herbert and I always 
addressed him — and his “star"- 
crossed wife, Evelyn. But even I 
was unprepared for the book of 
revelations by. James Harding. 
Instead of the usual catalogue of 
productions > associated with 
theatrical luminaries, he has, with 
his erudite and illuminating 
annotations, given us a fascinating 
account of the switchback career 
of our greatest showman. 

On stage the reader is made 
aware of the perils of promoting 
boxing or the rise and rise of a 
Noel Coward, together with the 
pitfalls of importing a cornucopia 
of talent and beauty, and laying it 
at the feet of a sometimes un¬ 
comprehending audience. On 
stage we have another story. 
Unlike the bland volumes dictated 
bv Cochran during one of his 
bankrupt periods. Dr Harding 
reveals all. There’s the combina¬ 
tion of courage and folly, the 
generosity and rufolessness, die 
Micawberish optimism with 
which CB could woo a backer or 
chorus girl, as weU as the aphrodis¬ 
iac effect upon him of any French 
actress, Alice Delysia (always 
Madame Delysia to Evelyn Cocb- 
ran and Mrs Delysia to Lady 


Vivian EUis 



COCHRAN 
By James Handing 

Methuen. £14.95 


Wyndhara) was one. During one 
of Cochran’s many financial crises 
Alice sold all her jewellery in an 
effort to extricate him from his 
difficulties. Artistes such as Bea 
Lillie, Gertie Lawrence, and Jack 
Buchanan were poached from his 
rival in revue, Andre Chariot, and 
given the full Cochran treatment. 

CB was justly proud of his 
suppertime shows in London's 
Trocadero restaurant In one of 
them a Cochran Young Lady 
performed a graceful sword dance. 


She was exceptionally pretty and 
her name was Marjorie Robert¬ 
son. Later she changed her name 
to Anna Neagle. Others made the 
change by marrying into the 
peerage. 

Always the showman, Cochran 
was adept in his handling of the 
Press. With success he would Mow 
himself up like a Christmas tur¬ 
key. Failure converted him into a 
bain owl who had unaccountably 
fallen from his perch. One omis¬ 
sion in Dr Harding’s meticulously 
researched book is the absence of 
any reference to Edythe Baker, the 
American pianist in the cast of 
One Dam' Thing After Another. 
With her white piano and ash- 
blonde bob, Edythe enchanted the 
London Pavilion audiences with 
her rendering of “The Birth of the 
Blues" and “My Heart Stood 
Still”. 

The paucity of good illustra¬ 
tions is a disappointment, partly 
redeemed by a small photo of the 
newly ennobled CB, arm-in-arm 
with Evelyn, and wearing a hat of 
doubtful ancesiry together withan 
expression bearing a striking 
resemblance to that of the actor 
Ernest Thesiger. Evelyn of the 
sorrowful witticisms is depicted 
from bottle to cork, but in the case 
of her husband Dr Harding has 
uncorked the bottle, and its con¬ 
tents are never less than sparkling. 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


EATING OUT 


French to a formula 



One of the many sorts of 
restaurant to which the mass- 
catering industry has suc¬ 
ceeded in giving a bad name, 
is the fixed-price, formula- 
menu French type. There arc 
quite a few of these around: 
chain-owned, unimaginative 
dicbfes of Outre-Mauche. 
Among the kilos of bumf that 
are weekly forced through my 
tetter box there are usually to 
be found details of yet another 
new enterprise with a thread¬ 
bare gimmick and unmistak¬ 
ably French moniker — La 
Gouine, Le Pedalo, or what¬ 
ever, the PR package will, 
likely as not, invite me to 
apply for details of a franchise 
deal This is aU very depress¬ 
ing, not least, I imagine, for 
anyone who has appreciated 
the worth of those sound and 
formerly ubiquitous places 
which made eating in France a 
bargain as well as a pleasure; 
they are, alas, increasingly 
rarely to be found, but that 
hardly detracts from the ap¬ 
peal of the set, limited-choice 
menu which lets you know in 
advance how much you are 
going to pay, all-in. 

As with any other kind of 
restaurant all that matters 
ultimately is the quality and 
the conviction of the execu¬ 
tion; 1 must admit that I had 
not previously visited Cara¬ 
pace in Hampstead simply 
because I expected it to be as 
poor as all the rest in this field. 

It turns out, however, to be 
brand-leader by several 
lengths. It is not part of a 
chain, it seems to have got its 
formula right, it appears to be 
packing in a clientele that 
knows when it is on to a good 

thing 

Its premises comprise a 
rather chaotically converted 
late-Geoigian cottage next to 
the Quaker Meeting House in 
Hampstead Village. You enter 
through a flagged garden, 
descend to a basement where 1 
there is a bar—and no greeter. 
Tbe bar is not exactly messy, 
but looks as though it has not 
been cleared since the pre¬ 
vious service — this is the 
initial indication of the place's 
under-staffing. 

Eventually, an understand¬ 
ably harassed girl leads you up 
another staircase to a dimly- 
lit, panelled dining room with 
a few too many tables 
squashed into it. The menu 
(£22.50) indudes a glass ofkir 


Who is giving the fixed-price menu a bad name? Jonathan Meades 
sets off to investigate two recently opened examples of Gallic charm 


FRANCIS MOSLEY 



as an aperitif; ask for an 
unusually sweet kir and you 
incur the slight, though mani¬ 
fest, resentment of the wait¬ 
ress. This is because you are 
bucking the system — the kir is 
already mixed (very weakly) 
in a bottle and your request 
entails the said party in having 
to fetch a glass with extra 
cassis in iL The fust course — 
no choice, it is already on the 
table — comprises decent 
toasted bread, tubs of butter 
and cream cheese with onions 
and garlic it tastes rather like 
the industrial cheese called 
Boursin but is less aggressive. 


This is followed, after a 
protracted wait, by jambon de 
Bayonne or marinated trout 
Tbe former is thickly cut in 
the manner that is characteris¬ 
tically French and which 
makes tbe Italians wave then- 
arms in horror. The trout is 
odd: the marinade contains 
lime, ginger and something 


worryingly sweet Next on — 
this time almost before you 
have finished the above — is 
something like an old-fash¬ 
ioned bicycle basket bulging 
with raw vegetables, and, 
alongside it three dips: a thick 
vinaigrette in which the fla¬ 
vour of ‘'French’’ mustard 
from Norwich pr edominates; 


CARAPACE 

•kitirie 

118 Heath Street London 
NW3 (01-435 8000) 

£50. All major credit cards; 
lunch Sun only, dinner every 
day; children at lunch only. 


LECHAMBORD 

★★ 

11 Soho Square, 

London W1 (01-7344914. 
4376525) 

£58. Lunch Mon-Frn darner 
Mon-Sat 


a garlic mayonnaise; a good 
anchovy mayonnaise. This 
last sauce suggests that the 
kitchen is at least competent 
and that impression is more 
than reinforced tty a lemon 
and parsley sorbet 
At the next stage, there is a 
choice of two meats, a fish and 
something else. The quality of 
the meat is unmistakably 
good. Lamb cutlets get a sauce 
of basil and mint Beef rib, 
chargrilled and generously 
served, comes with a fine 
garlic and caper sauce and a 
delicious cderiac purge which 
has been moulded like a 


child's jelly. Roughly speak¬ 
ing, the meal gets better as it 
goes on, and this improve¬ 
ment is maintained with the 
puddings; a sot of taxte tatin 

made with peazs was sufficient 

for three and was really 
outstanding. 

None o? this cooking is 
notably subtle, but that is not 
tbe point Carapace is a place 
for a blow-out; there is an 
imprinting copiousness to its 
dishes and the cooking is 
never less than competent A 
half-bottle of wzne per head is 
included in the cosL If you opt 
to drink other than the house 
wine, £2.50 per head is 
knocked off the price of 
whatever bottle you choose. 
With a bottle of Broadly and a 
glass of grocer’s port, we paid 
£60. 

Le Chanted is a similarly 
unpretentious outfit which 
has recently opened in foe 
hardly altered surrounds of a 
sometime Italian place. As a 
token of its new-found 
Frenchness, there is a photo¬ 
graph of the titular chateau 
(which was, incidentally, part- 
Italian in its design) but 
otherwise one might be in any 
comfortable old-style Soho 
Italian «gfe*frlish wnm t. This 
<cw»mg to extend to tbe staff) 
who may or may not have 
come with the premises; they 
have a harried, driv en air; the 
lunchtime I was there, they 
did not seem more than 
vaguely familiar with the 
menu, which comprises stan¬ 
dard-issue late 19805 Fran- 
glais dishes and a few French 
bourgeois favourites of yester¬ 
year. The trouble with the 
latter, if a bianquette de veau 
is an ything tO go by, IS that 

they are prepared in a manner 
familiar to bistro patrons of 15 
years ago: the bianquette was 
marred by gristly meat and a 
watery sauce. Lamb cutlets 
were not much more exciting 
though they were undoubtedly 
more conscientiously pre¬ 
pared. There were passable 
starters of fish salad and 
fennel soup. The most impres¬ 
sive features of the meal were 
a efacsie creme brttlee and 
tremendous vegetables — car¬ 
rots, turnips and cucumber 
turned in butter and provided 
in gargantuan portions. £58 
for two with a bottle of minor 
but agreeable Burgundy. 


This is a changing selection of 
Durants visited m recent 
months - managements and 

S^dare included to g.ve 

an indication of the ^ 

may well have ^angedT^es 


am determined according to 
the “When in Roma" principle: 
in the case of French • 
aperitifs and a bottle of modest 
vww; tea in the case of onental 
oraas; beer or lassi in the case 
of Indian ones and so on. an. 


. -lohn-ate reailv to work- 
chaotic-£1 10 


//sSSSwrf- London EC1 
(01-251BH* 1 


S. Everything is generously 

^■^SSSS^vSSS. 

£60. 


ro«p Flo 

205 Haverstock Hill. London 
NW3 {01-435 6744) 


FRENCH 


L’Amandler 

7 Kentish Town Road, London 
NW1 (01-4858804) 

kick 

Soma of the attempts to tart up 
what is good, basic grub, are rather 
la ughatne, but such things as pom 
with cafvados and cream or salad 

of smoked duck are absolutely 
correct. £32. 


kk 

Pacjc "French" dishes — steak and 
passable chips, unseasoned gigot 
vvrth flageolet beans, goodish 
vichyswsse. £3o- 


finchley ROAD 


The Left Bank 

88 tfiakJ Road, London SW10 
(01-3520970) 

kkkkk 

Gutsy cooking by Breton chef 
Roger Houart. Try the we* sauced 

sweetbreads, the marinated 
salmon with crfime frafche. the 
duck livers with chicory. 
Enterprising selection of wines and 
very good service. £50. 


Umeno~Ya 

■ic-kk+k 

Delightful and kitsch-ily got up 
Japanese cale ^ssewrfingis of 
a tar higher standard than many 
smarter places. Flavours are 
unusually assertive and portions 
are laraer than the norm. 


Grill St Quentin 

136 Brompton Road, London 
SW3(01-5818377) 

Good steak and chips joint 
frequented by tocal French. 
Regional wines, iffy service. £46 


Satay Jaya „ . 

17-13 New College fle/ate 
Finchley Road. London NW3 
(01-72296051 
No stars 

The gocd thing about this elegant 
Malaysian place is the air- 
conditioning. £27. 


Cezanne’s 
68 Richmond Road, 
Twickenham, Middlesex (01- 
8923526) 

kk • 

Unimpressive cooking In 
unimpressive surroundings. The 
(Sshes are purportedly French. Well 
priced petffs vms. £55. 


Laurent 

428 Finchley Road. London 
NW2(01-7943603) 

kkkkkk 

Far and away the best of the few 
London restaurants that do 
couscous. The grain is served with 
various combinations o! gritted 
lamb and merguez sausages and 
with first class broth. Cheap and 
potent Moroccan wine. £28. 


Hidere 

755Fufoam Road, London 
SW6(01-7368524) 

kkitkk 


for the braying middle class. 

Serves is exceptional smooth 
and much of the cooking is good 
despite the off-putting menu-speak. 
Kidney end sweetbreads with two 
sauces, chicken and goat cheese 
mousse, fine crftme brutes, well 
selected English and French 
farmhouse Cheeses. £80. 


Wakaba 

122a Finchley Road, London 
NW3 (01-566 7960) 

irkickk 

The ncplus ultra of minimalist 
decor, John Pawsons interior 
looks like the unfinished canteen of 
a hi-tech micro optics tab in 
U ops ala- The fairly standard 
Japanese repertoire is done with 
real brio. The inventive appetizers 
include deep-fried salmon skin, 
which is deUdous- £60. 


• The telephone number for 15 
North Parade is 0865 513773. 


L'Auberge de Provence 

St James's Court Hotel, 41 
Buckmgham Gate, London 
SW1 (01-8211899) 

kkkkk 

Seriously overpriced hotel 
restaurant which is run in 
consultation with L'Oustau de 
Baumantere near Aries. The 

cooking is more authentically 
Provengai than the rather dire 
decor. Most dishes are a touch too 


Quincy's 

675Finchley Road. Child's Hill, 
London NW2 (01-794 8499) 

kkkkk 

Cramped neighbourhood bistro 
witn a faithful foflowing. The 


cooking is essentially English and 
generally polished- Meats tend to 


get sweetish sauces. Amiable 
service, useful short wine list £52. 


Unde Ian's Deli and Diner 

1105 Finchley Road, NW11 
(01-4583493/8178) 

Utilitarian dteor. animated dentale, 
one or two mce dishes: latkes, 
chicken soup. £10. 


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“We never knew what to do 
with this simian ancestor of 
the garden gnome," said the 
owner, “until Hugo went in 
for a trendy Victorian-type 
conservatory. He seems to be 
quite at home among the 
jungle growth. The monkey, 
that is, Hugo too, come to 
think ofit" 

"Very appropriate," replied 
the valuer. “The monkey was 
meant to serve as a garden set 
when Minton made it about 
1870. A similar one was sold 
by Christie’s last year for a 
little over £7,000.” 

“If the buyer wants to make 
a pair, he's very welcome to 
this one at the same price. Was 
that a freak result or par for 
the course?" 

* These animal and bird 
subjects in so-called majolica 
have been in strong demand 
aver the last couple of years, 
though l wouldn’t bank on 
much further appreciation in 
the short term." 

“Why do you say ‘so 
called*? Is it majolica or isn’t 
it?” 


Majolica has had a colourful past, 
its tin glaze twisting a traveller’s tale 



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“It is. but only in the sense 
that Minton and their follow¬ 
ers used the term to describe a 
type of decorative ware first 
shown, in a limited way, at the 
Great Exhibition of 1851. 
Herbert Minton got the idea 
from some green-glazed flower 
pots he had seen in France. It 
was a French technician at the 
Minton factory in Stoke-on- 
Trent — one Lion Amoux — 

who developed it, in time to go 
to town with the product at vie 
1855 Paris Exhibition. Three 
other Frenchmen — Entile 


Jeannest, Albert Carrier de 
Belleuse and Hugues Protat — 
ail worked as modellers of 
majolica wares for Minton in 
the 1850s.” 

“And were they responsible 
for things like my monkey?” 

"Vases and dishes, mainly. 
The modellers of life-size ani¬ 
mals and birds were another 
.Frenchman, Paul Comolera, 
and John Henk.” 

“The Gallic influence seems 
to have been remarkably 
strong. Is majolica tbe French 
name for this sort of pottery?" 

“No, it hwj originally an 
Italian corruption of Majorca. 
In the late Middle Ages, 
Spanish-Moorish pottery with 
a lustre glaze was shipped to 
Italy from Valencia via Ma¬ 


jorca, and the Italians as¬ 
sumed it was made there." 

“How naive. Everyone 
knows that presents from 
Majorca are made in Taiwan." 

“During the Italian Renais¬ 
sance, a number of places — 
llrbino. Venice. Genoa, Fa- 
enza among them — produced 
a rather similar ware that 
became known as ’majolica’or 
’maiolica’. It was coated with a 
lead glaze to which oxide of tin 
added to provide a surface 
for painting figures, historical 
scenes, flowers and scrolls in 
brilliant colours. Then, in the 
17th century, when Chinese 
blue-and-white porcelain 
began to be imported into 
Europe in large quantities, the 
Italians were obliged to com¬ 


pete, and the polychrome pal¬ 
ette was largely discontinued. ” 

“When did the French 
connection begin?” 

"Italian potters and painters 
settled in Lyons and Nevers in 
the 16th century, producing a 
simply decorated version of 
this tin-enamelled ware which 
the French, associating it with 
Faenza, called faience." 

“So, to recap: the Italians 
called tfaeiis by the name of a 
Spanish island that was used 
only in transit and the French 
named theirs after only one of 
the Italian towns that actually 
made it But it was basically 
the same thing because it had 
tin in the glaze." 

"Whereas the glaze on Min¬ 
ton’s ware had none. That is 
why we are careful to call it 
majolica, to distinguish it from 
maiolica.” 

“Right Now — suppose I 
were to sell my majolica 
monkey, and reinvest in a- 
piece of maiolica, what could I 
hope to get?" 

* Sotheby’s sold a magnifi-. 
cent pair of early 16th-century 
Venetian pots last war for 
£28.600. But with £6.000- 
£7,000 to spend, you could 
treat yourself to a slightly later 
pm/ very acceptable albarello. ” 

“And what, may one ask, is 
an albarello?" 

..' 'A drug jar, as used by your 
friendly Renaissance apothec¬ 
ary. 

"P* °f the question. I'm 
afraid. Hugo would never 
allow anything connected with 
the drug scene on the 
premises." 


Peter Phiip 


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DRAWINGS AND 

WATERCOLOURS: English 
and European works, 
mostly 19th-century, e st i ma t es 
ranging from £100 to 

Ptiifflps, 7 Blenheim Street 
Now Bond Street London W1 


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Mon, 11am. 

RJRNrTURE: Bghteenth, 
nineteenth century and later 
furniture and garden 


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Mr Kong Restaurant for 
Ihe finest Cantonese cuisine; 
specialising in vafood and «J 
highly spiced dohefl. 


Parties catered for. 


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7088m). Mon, 11am. 

VICTORIAN PICTURES: 
Engfish and Victorian pictures, 
watercolours and drawings. 
Also jewellery sale 
Christie's South 
Kensington, 85 Old Brompton 
Road, London SW7 <01-561 
7611). lues, 2pm. 

DIAMONDS: A sale of 
important diamond, cotoured 
■stone ami post-war period 
J o w oto ry, ranging from a pair 
of turquoise wd - 


dtomond eorefips (estimate 
£200-300) to an unmounted 
8.02-carat brilliant-cut white 
dtomond (estimate £4D,ooo- 
50.000). 

PhURps, Blenheim Street, as 
above. Toes, 130pm. 
OBJECTS OF VERTU: This 
category of luxury knick- 
knacks Indudes sBverpai, 
powder snd patch boxes, 
decorative mWaturea, gold 
cigar cutters, scent bottles, 
elaborate nutmeg graters, 
andmore. 

Bonhams, Montoefier 
Street London SW7 (01-589 


PRINTS! English and 
Continental prints, many 
unframed, including works 
ate’ Picasso. Braque, Mh-6. 
Chagall, Matisse and many 
lesser-known artists. 

A good proportion of prints 

carry no estimate, so hammer 
proas are Beefy to be well 
under £ 100 . 

Christie's South 
Kensington, as above 
Wed, 2pm. 


TOYS AND DOLLS: A 
comprehensive sale including 
tinplate toys and games, 
diecast toys, trains and 
tratnsets (morning 

dons teddies 
(afternoon). 

Christie's South 
Kenans as above. Thurs, 
10.30am 
and 2pm. 


4072). Tues. 11am. 
RACECOURSE SALE: 

Antique furniture, 18th and 
19th-century paintings, 

British pOSHropresa oni st and 
modem paintings, inducting 
works by Dorothea Sharp and 
Dame Laura Knight, are to 
be auctioned by Andrew Grant 
The Grandstand, Worcester 
Racecourse (enquiries: 0905 
357547).Thurs, 11 am.... 


SOTHEBY'S IN SUSSEX: 

Pojt sates at Summers Place 

Ba&rashurst, West Sussex 

3533). Selected prints 
watercolours and oil 
paintings: Tues. 1030am and 
ten; good antique and 

miniatures, fans, silver 

smatiwork and objects of 

£K& 2pm:9 °“ 


PRINTED BOOKS: More 

man 400 lots covering a wWs 

v- 

wjtion of Samuel 
‘Kxmson’s famous Dictionary 
(1755) m two volumes '• 

« expected to sen 
•or £400-800. 




^tes. 1pm. 


London. 


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the times COOK 




REVIEW 37 


The truth about 


I 

Si 1 , 1 *! 5, **ny pork or a calfs K. 
5 21 ^ owJ y release gelatinewK 
- f°mbi«s mih the looking jSS 

to produce a sauce that » S5S 
smooth, yet sticks your wT* 
*25?’ aft erwards. Somehow they 
create a sensation of extra u«™«k 
and well-being. 

; 1 of Ii3e appetizing smells 

• ^^ company Oiese slow cooked 

«r I j2 Ve t0 co ° k *"!» at this lime 
V of year, even though what we buy 
now is a poo,, relative of real trip? 
v. What we get is bleached, scraped 
and panly cooked, not like tftSse 

• prat pinky-grey slabs you find in 
butchers shops on the continent. 

, Portugal tripe would be 
cooked with a calfs foot or 

? 

Plenty of chick peas. The^S 

i ^? , ? n ^ is l 

: \eal knuckle providing just the 
right sticky quality, awl foe 
vour being provided by coriander 

• and Plenty of chillis. Not 
: very different is the Madrileno 

version, with plenty of spices, ham 
and sausage. 

My recipe for tripe probably 
most closely resembles foe Nor¬ 
mandy tripe dish “& (a mode de 
Caen ”, with its use of cider You 
could also add a splash of Calva¬ 
dos. I have suggested pigs’ trotters, i 
but you could use chunks of belly I 
pork provided you keep the skin 
on, since this a good source of 
gelatine. Or use a calfs foot if you 
can get one. Oxtail, shin beef and 
certain cuts of veal are all good 
foundation meats for these winter . 

stews, but consider, too, arising 
one of foe gelatine-rich ingredients 

to a Iamb or pork casserole. A pig’s 

trotter is still cheap, for example. 

A knuckle of bacon makes a good 
starter for a thick soup madp &x»m 
one of the pulses, such as the lentil 
soup recipe I give. 

Certain types of fish also pro¬ 
duce good, sticky, winter 
especially those belonging to the 
shark family like the skate and the 
monkfish. Their bones are more 
like soft cartilage, and they, too, to 
give a gelatinous texture to any un 
sauces made from their cooking stc 
juices. 1 have adapted below one W1 
of my favourite versions of the the 
classic skate in brown butter. I fry 
suggest that you do not serve more olr 
than one sticky dish at a meaL dra 


Fra nces Bissell tries out som e sturdy dishes 
-Which are e nriched with a gelatinous glaze 

WAHA LEAD8ETTEH 






2tbsp olive on _ 

2 or 3 cloves 

,J * tsp ground or crushed allspice 
1 tsp ground or crushed 
conanderseeds _ 

4 gloves garlic 

216Ib/1.10kg honeycomb tripe. 
onsedandrnorouQMydrieia 

3 w4 halves of sun-dried 
wmatoes cut into strips, or 
3 fresh tomatoes, peeled. 

seeded and quartered _ 

salt and pepper 


New leaves for 
the salad days 






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Lentil soup 

(Serves 4 to 6) 

71 1-1 ftlb /455-680q knuckle of bacon* 

1 leek 

T carrot — 

2 onions “ 

• 1 celery stalk 

1 bay leaf 

. ’/? tbsp pep percorns 
%lb/230g blonde lentils 
1 tbsp olive oil _ 

Blonde lentils are the broad, flat, 
greenish-yellow lentils. The soup 
can equally well be made with 
brown or green lentils. 

Soak the bacon in water for 20 
minutes while you prepa re the 
vegetables. Peel or trim and thinly 
slice them. Put them, except for 
one onion, in a saucepan. Put the 
bacon on lop and cover with 
plenty of water. Add the bay leaf 
and peppercorns, and bring slowly 


to foe boiL Simmer for 3 hours, meat and then cover and refiiis- 
I £ ve plen ‘ y - of S?** crate. It will set toa jelly which2£ 

stock and the meat is tender, be turned out and sliced. The meat 

iJw» 1 ^tifc S fx C ^?i? mi ? Eno & win have little flavour, that will all 

we lentils for half an hour. Then be in the jelly, but it makes a good 
try foe re m a ining onion in the starter or sandwich filling served 

a i ltbe with tettuec aod Plenty of mustard 
drained, soaked lentils. Cover to liven up the iasfa»_ 

with water and simmer very gently Seville oranges provide the 

until tender, adding a little more lively taste in foe next recipe 
water as necessary. which is based on foe classic skate 

Remove the bacon and strain with brown butter. Instead of 
the stock. Allow it to cool slightly, deglazing the pan with vinegar, I 

and then put lpt/570ml in a 1,56 the ltrice and zest of a bitter 

blender with three quarters of foe orange. If you cannot find Seville 


-— - ■ ■ a>1 IV vwi U ‘Ij, 

and then put lpt/570ml in a 
blender with three quarters of foe 
lentils. Blend until smooth and 
pour into a saucepan together with 
another pint (570ml) stock and foe 
rest of foe lentils. Shred a little of 
foe cooked bacon into the sauce¬ 
pan. Bring foe soup to foe boil, 
add more salt if necessary, and 
pour into heated soup bowls. If 
you make the stock a day in 
advance, you can, of course cook 
foe lentils in foe stock. 

If there is any stock left, yon can 

use it with foe bacon as follows: 
remove foe rest of the meat from 
the knuckle and pack it into a 
wetted loaf tin or other container 
which will hold foe meat with 
about ttin/Icm to spare. Strain on 
enough stock to just cover foe 


- - lv - — ^ mm klw vmw 

oranges, use limes, lemons or, for 
an unusual combination, 
grapefruit. 

Skate with SevBn orange sauce 

(Serves 4) _ 

2%fb/1.10kg skate wings 

1 tbsp vinegar _ 

Klspsatt. 

1 Seville orange 
3oz/B5g unsalted butter 
2tbsp capers 
salt 

pepper __ 

Have foe skate cut into 4 pieces, or 
more, of a size to fit a large frying 
pan, saute pan or roasting tin. Put 
foe fish in this, and cover with 


water to which you have added the 
vinegar and salt. Bring gently to 
simmering point, let foe water 
shudder once or twice, and re¬ 
move from foe heaL After 8 or 10 
minutes, the fish should be nicely 
cooked, but if the pieces are 
particularly thick, give them a 
utile longer. Remove the fish to a 
warm serving dish, cover loosely 
with foil, put in a warm piare. 
Pour most of the cooking liquid 
away, except for about 3 table¬ 
spoons (keep foe liquid for fish 
soup if you know you will be 
s o a k i ng some in foe near future). 

Grate foe zest from the orange 
on to a plate, and then squeeze the 
juice into a small jug. Heat foe 
pan, and when the cooking juices 
have afl but evaporated, add the 
‘ ,U j CT ’ Let this melt and brown 
and then pour it over the fish. Boil 
up foe orange juice and zest In the 
rame pan, and then pour it over 
the fish. Scatter on foe capers and 
serve immediately. 

Tripe cooked In cider 

(Serves 4) ■ _ 

1 pig’s trotter, chopped 
into6 or 8 piec es 

1pt/570ml dry elder or more _ 

1 onion 


- ■ -—j _ 

grated zast of a lemon _ 

¥ Put the pig’s trotter in a small 
F. saucepan and cover with the cider 

Bnng slowly to the boil, and 
simmer gently for 3 hours; then 

start to prepare the rest of the dish. 

«f you wish, you can omit foe pig’s 
trotter, but it does give a wonder¬ 
ful silky richness to foe finished 
dish. Something of foe same effect 
can be obtained by softening a leaf 
or a teaspoon of gelatine in water, 
and adding it before serving. 

. Ped and dice the onion, and fry 
it in foe olive oft until golden 
town. Add the spices and fry 
these with foe onion. Peel and 
slice the garlic. Cut foe tripe into 
strips 1 inch by 2 inch (2.5cm by 
5cm). Add foe tripe and garlic to 
the pan, and turn the heat up to 
evaporate all the moisture from i 
the tripe. Although yon dried it j 
before cooking, it win still give off 
a good deal of water. Once the 
- tnpe begins to dry, add the 
tomatoes, foe pieces of pig’s 
trotter and about fcpt/280m! of 
their cooking juice. Cover and 
simmer gently for 30 to 40 I 
minutes adding more liquid if 
necessary. When foe tripe is 
cooked, remove it and foe pig’s 
trotter to a serving dish. Boil up | 
foe liquid to reduce it to the I 
consistency you like. Add sail and I 
pepper, to taste, and serve sprin¬ 
kled with parsley and lemon zest I 
This is very good with boiled I 
potatoes. I 

Prunes have no Ratine in [ 
t hem , of course; their stickiness I 
comes from the concentrated fruit ( 
sugar they contain. 

Bated sticky prunes 

18 large prunes I 

1 pot hot fragrant tea, * 
such as Earl Grey or jasmine 
3oz/B5g ground almonds 
2oz/60g sifted icing sugar I j 

2oz/60g melted butter 
T tbsp lemon j uice | J 

9 walnut halves or ’ [ 

blanched almonds _[ 

Steep foe prunes.overnight in the I (■ 
tea. Remove and dry foe prunes, j f= 
and take out the stones. Mate an li 
almond paste by mixing together r 
foe almonds, sugar, most of the L 
butter and the lemon juice. Adda I 

little hot water to bind it if I 
necessary. Cut each walnut in haK 1 
Break the almond paste into 18 | 1 
pieces, and mould each one 8 
around a piece of walnut or an I 
almond. Stuffeach prune with this I 
filling. Use foe rest of foe butter to 
grease an oven proof dish or 
baking tray, and cover foe prunes 
with a butter wrapper. Bake in a 
hot oven, 200°C/400°F, gas mark 
6, for 10 minutes. Serve hot with 
chilled yoghurt or cream. You can 
sprinkle the prunes with port or 
syrup before baking. _ 

IS Tfam ftanpipm Ltd 1989 Tl 


„ Marks & Spencer was once nomi- 
I naied for foe Grand Prix of 
Gastronomy awarded by foe then 
j British Academy of Gastronomes 

- I (now foe British Gastronomic 
1 Academy). My argument against it 

- I was that far from being gastron¬ 

omy’s patron saint, St Michael 
I was quite likely to prove its 
I ruination. 

I I am reminded of this because I 

- I have just been taking a look at 
■ I M & S in the context of the 

“rabbit food” revolution. It is 
t difficult to believe that anyone 
could set! 200 grams of greenery 
j for £1.49, yet people pay this to 
j M & S without demur, 
j _ doing practically every thing 
I for its customers, even washing 
their salad leaves, M & S does not 
j turn them into gastronomes. It 
just makes them lazy. M & S is 
j not cheap, and foe test foe 
j company applies when deciding to 
j continue with a line is a simple 
I and businesslike one: If foe prod¬ 
uct sells it stays. If not it’s oul 

[ Thai is not foe philosophy of a 
I company devoted to gastronomy. 

I It is the philosophy of a company 
I devoted to profit 
I There is no denying that M & S 
ready-washed salad leaf mixes are 

J very good, and their popularity is 
| such, 1 am told, that their year- 
I round availability is as assured as 
that of the BLT sandwich. 

_ I compared two portions of ! 
M & S salad bowl refill with some < 
from other supermarkets. The ? 
£1.49 bag from M & S was ex¬ 
cellent a combination of escarole, J 
frisie and radicchio, good enough « 
for any dinner party. The contents r 
would have provided nouvelle , 
cuisine proportion side salads for 

four. Any more and one of the bits u 

of radicchio leaf would have had u 
to be torn in two, or someone Z 
would have gone without An- 
pfoer M & S mix, of frisee. oak 
leaf lettuce and salade de mache, .1 
was also fresh and unmarked, if u 
Pricey at £1.39 for five ounces. a 
Other mixes including lettuce, w 
with curly endive and raddichio,’ Vl 
or frisee and roquette were 99p for m 
quarter of a pound. cc 

It used to be said that the test of £ 
a good salad was that foe oil in the 01 

dressing was foe most expensive 


ii- ingredient It would have to be 
of opsdy oil to beat M & S pricing on 
« foe leaves. 

» By contrast with M&S stan- 
c dards, though, Sainsbury’s mixed 
it salad of iceberg lettuce, with Lollo 

4 Iea f and fiisie, 

» could only have been served to 
s quests by candlelight and then 

I with trepidation. The Chinese leaf 
t was in thick and coarse chunks, 
s the frisee and lettuce leaves were 
s damaged and browning badly 
» where bruised, and the L 0 H 0 

f Rosso was irretrievably limp. In 
1 another 95p Sainsbury’s bag, 
which inexplicably contained both 
, raddichio and red cabbage the 
; shreds of foe latter had turned an 
[ unhealthy heliotrope. 1 guess this 
was the effect of washing in water 
: so chlorinated that it bleached. 

1 don’t imagine that M&S 
would include anything as com¬ 
mon as red cabbage in its 
selections. 

Sainsbury’s pieces of radicchio 
moreover had been cut, not 
separated, and were still as tightly 

bound together as they had been in 

foe whole head. Though foe bag 
claimed “washed and ready for 
use-afastidious housewife would 
not regard those leaves as properly 

washed at an. 

Leaving food preparation to 
strangers carries health risks. It 
Jdso costs money. I estimate from 
foe weight and price of heads of 
Ctoese leaf; femlle de chine, 
Lollo Rosso, friste. Little Gem! 
radicriuo, escarole, iceberg and 
round lettuces on sale in 
Salisbury's that foe cost of salad is 
“creased approximately seven to 
10-fold by buying h in ready-to- 
use mixes. Of course you have the 
bother of washing it, and anyone 
buying several heads of different 
varieties might have more 
than they want at the end of it. 

The M&S mixes contain only 
three varieties, but none of the 
salad vegetables could be bought 
whole. Sainsbury's may not be 
very good at composing 
mixes, or presenting them in good 
condition — but they do give their 
customers a choke, and at my 
branch a wide one. 

Robin Young 

AUANWEiira 







n 


Tossed <»y t home: the perfect bawl nf ^ 


DRINK 


L eeuwin Estate, in foe 
Margaret Hirer re¬ 
gion of Western Aus¬ 
tralia, is a curious 
combination of tourist glitz, hi- 
tech winery, and mmacufately 
kept vineyards. Tourists no 
doubt love the carbuncle-like 
Leeuwin drawbridge tower, 
apparently modelled on a 
Greek monastery bell cupola, 
and the Union Jack that greets 
them at the entrance. Thank¬ 
fully on my last two visits wine 
talk has quite rightly taken 
precedence over showbiz. 

If Leeuwin's showy garden 
entrance is off-putting for 
serious students of foe grape, 
none of us can complain about 
what goes on behind, boosed 
in a series of standard green 
insulated Australian sheds. 
Through an unmarked door 
next to tbe visitors' tasting 
room lies an Aladdin's cave of 
nine weaponry: row after row 
of frosty, temperature-con¬ 
trolled stainless steel vats, two 
giant Willnes tank presses, a 
pristine white laboratory bris¬ 
tling with the latest, priciest 
nine evaluation devices, and 
endless piles of £400-a-piece 
oak barrels from French coo¬ 
pers. The technology is awe¬ 
some. Leeuwin is pot 
exaggerating when It c l aims 
that no expense has been 
spared in kitting out the cellar 
and the estate. 

It would be easy_ to dismiss 
Leeuwin as a rich man’s 
plaything, hot for two tissngs: 
Leeuwin makes some of the 
finest wines in Australia, and 
ha<a done since it launched its 1 
first commercial vintage in 1 

1979. “The pursuit of ex- | 
ceUence”. Leeuwin's phUos- i 
opby, may sound like one of ! 
those trite sentiments mesmt t 
up by the marketing men, hut I 
given the dedication which the 1 
owner, 49-year-old Perth l 
businessman Denis Horgan, 1 
has applied to his aim. wine v 
commentators can only ap- i 
p land tbe results- 


Perfect marriage of 
hi-tech and showbiz 


ANNOUNCEMENT 



ERIC BEAUMONT 








It was Dr John Gladstone’s 
enthusiastic viticnltaal report 
in 1965 that first pointed to the 

red gravelly loam soil of the 
Margaret River region as a 
prime sight for dry table wine 
production. Vasse Felix was 
the first to take die plunge, in 
1967, and other small wineries 
soon followed. 

Leenwin, named after tbe 
Dutch ship Leeuwin 
(“lioness") that discovered 
this part of Western Australia 
in 1622, was different from the 
outset. Horgan was deter¬ 
mined that his winery should 
outshine the others and out¬ 
class everyone else in Austra¬ 
lia. So for tte first six years he 
operated in partnership with 
the Robert Mondavi Winery of 
California's Napa Valley, us¬ 
ing all its ultra hi-tech re¬ 
sources, and receiving an 
annual visit from either Bob 
Mondavi or his son, Tim. It 
was just the kind of quality 
kick-start that Leeuwin 
needed in foe mostly virgin 
wine territory of the Margaret 
River. 

Bat by 1980 it was dear that , 


Leeuwin's talented vid- 
csltnrist, John Brocksop, and 
winemaker. Bob Cartwright, 
had gleaned all they needed 
from the Mondavi team «wd 
foeir “squeaky dean” Galifbr- 
fontechn^Bg. Now, as Cart¬ 
wright explains, they have 
moved on and “gone tra¬ 
ditional. We are 
really. What we have got to do 
isto retain the best possible 
unit character, interfere as 
Httle as possible, and not be m 
a burry.** 


C artwright acknowl¬ 
edges Brocksop’s vi¬ 
tal role: “There is aot 
a lot yon can do to 
change the baric flavour of a 

wine, but you can at least make 
a good, well-made product,'’ 
Brodksop'g highly-regarded 
viticulture! techniques at 
Leenwin include hand p»rtmg | 
training the vine to allow just 
the right proportion of sun and 
heat to reach foe grapes, 
planting windbreaks to protect 


■ have always been a pest 
to Margaret River’s grape 
gr rers, but Leenwin has 
deverly planted alternative 
crop s; sunflowers for the par¬ 
rots, and trees snefa as marri 
.and karri gams, with their 
appealing flowers, lor the 

“silver-eyes”. 

Leenwin takes its viti- 
cuftnral needs as seriously as 
it does its cellar requirements. 
Last year a ftwiowui trees 
were planted on this 1385 - 
hectare estate, of which 91 
hectares are under vine. 
Roughly a third of the vine¬ 
yard is planted to Cabernet 
Sauvignon. a third to Rhine 

Riesling, and almost as mnch 
to Chardonnay, leaving toe 
Pl not N oir, Sanvignon 
Gewurztramhier and Mai bee 
grapes to make np foe rest. 
Leeuwin’s low yield (foe vines 
ore not irrigated) and ability to 
hold back vintages mitii they 
are ready for drinking are also 
obviously part of Denis 
Horgan's great quality wine 


He has worked hard to 
Pro m ote foe Margaret River 


b region, creating an excellent 
restaurant at Leenwin, and 
staging annual concerts in the 
splendid grass amphitheatre, 
featuring the London Phil- 
harmonic and Berlin State 
’ Orchestras, followed more re- 
l daffy by Ray Charles and 
Dionne Warwick. 

r My latest Leeuwin tasting, I 

I held last month at the winery, f 
was the most impressive yet I 
with a splendid ran of I 
Chardonnay, Cabernet 
I Sanvignon and Pinot Noir I 
■ vintages. The finest I 
| Chardonnay vintage in foe ] 
^ line-up was foe delicious, but¬ 
tery-herbaceous *85, truly one j 
of the country’s greatest f 
Chardonnays, with a light, [ 
elegant, cinammon-scented I 
and pineappley '86 a close I 
, second. The current I 
| Chardonnay vintage on sale ( 
here is the 1984, ami although J 
I was less keen on its sherbet- J 
buttery scent and austere, I 
steely palate, it is none foe less J 
a fine Australian Chardonnay I 
(Ostlers, 63a ClerkenweU J 
Road, London EC1 £1235, 
Hatreds £1435). On to the I 
Sanrignons, whose verdant, [ 
aperitif style is appealing and f 
wefi constructed, as the I 
delightful, fresh, zesty 1986 I 
SaBTigma demonstrates (Os- I 
tiers £10.90, La Vigueronne, I 
105 Old Brampton Road, I 
London SW7, £1195). j 

Leeuwin has also had I 
consi de rable success with toe I 
Pinot Noir grape, and has J 
succeeded In ringing some I 
seductive, classic, borgundian f 
flavours from 1L This estate I 
makes a superb Cabernet in I 
addition, and foe *84 vintage I 
(Ostlers £9.99, La Vigueronne I 
£1035), with Its very fine I 
cassis and tobacco-tike bon- I 
4 Bet backed up by a re- I 
strained, grassy-blackcnmuit 
Palate proves that Denis I 
Morgan’s “pursuit of ex¬ 
cellence” has not been in vain. I 

Jane MacQnitty | 


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THEATRE 


_ LONDON 

WE ASSIGNMENT: Premiere 
Production of a piece abouttwo 
sisters.arrKXtefanda 
. Photographer. With Linda 
- Davidson, ShenaghGovan, Gina 
• Landor. 

. OU Red Lion, St John Street, EC 1 
(01-837 7816). Opens Tues. 

WY HEARTS A SUITCASE: 
Frances Barber, Lesley Sharp and 
‘ -.Fred Pearson in a rehearsed 


. directed by Max Stafford-Claric 
Theatre Upstairs, RoyaJ Court, 
StoaneSquare.SWl (01-730 
__ 2554). Wed amJThurs. 

" LES PARENTS TERRHUESfi Rare 
production of a Jean Cocteau play, 
directed by Derek Gofdby. With 

." Elizabeth Shepherd, Caroline 
« BlaWston, Roland Curram. 

: Orange Tree, Kew Road, 

. Richmond, Surrey (01-940 8633L 
^Preview Thurs. Opens Fri. 

I ROMEO AND JULIET: London 
• Shakespeare Group's only British 
; performances, prior to a tour of the 


Traverse (031226 2633). Opens 
Tues. 

LBCESTTER: Stepping Out 77 m 
Ravin sd^but as director, with the 

Richard Harris comedy, starring 

Josephine Blake and Joan Savage. 
Haymarket (0533 539797 ). 

Previews from Thurs. (^wisFttb 7. 

LIVERPOOL: Of Mce and Mem 
Eamon Boland and Ian BurfleW, 
footed tw Julian Webber to John 
Steinbeck s classic tale of two 
misfits. 

HHftowpflgl Preview 

Wed. Opens Thurs. 

TAUNTMOeopatra end Antony: 
Actors Tourtog Company brain a 
London-bound national tourof a 
condensed and adapted version of 
Antony and Cteooatra. Directed hu 


Reflection of youth 


The Brewtouse (0823 283244). 
Opens Thurs. 

WWCHESTER: True West Shared' 
Expenance begin a London-bound 


Erected by Nancy Mectoer. Wfl 
Kpny Shale, Yvonne D’AJpra, 
Vincenzo Rlcotta and Kenneth 


; Warehouse, 52 Dingwall Road. 

. Croydon {01-680 4{fc0). Preview 
■ Tues. Opens Wed. 

. SIBLINGS: British premiere of 

Klaus Mann play, partially based 

on Cocteau's Les Enfants 
T&rgj/os. Peter Eyre directs a cast 
-Including Suzama Hamilton, Simon 
Cutter and Kitty Aldridge. 

• LyrteStucfio. King Street, W 6 ( 01 - 
- 2311)- Previews from Thurs. 

’ -Opens Fab 8 . 

»SPI^ New play by Roy McMBan 
/and Donald Brown, about the life of 


HatUavender SswmtSS 
2223). Opens Wed. 

UTOPIA: Claire Macdonald's 

- theatre piece, created wftfi Pete 

- Brooks, uses "sound as structure” 

- to a ritualistic drama. Performed by 
Richard Hawley and Jan Pearson. 

• SHfi 1 ' Shephards Bush Green, 

W12 (01-743 3388). Previews from 
Tues. Opens Fri. 

VICWUS ROOMERS: Latest show 
ty the Vicious Boys. Broad, loud, 
meet, occasionally subversive. 
Watermans Arts Centre, 40 High 
Street, Brentford, Middx (01-668 
1176). Opens Wed. 

IMPRO SOLO: Eight late night solo 
shows by John Sessions, 
improvising with props and 
■ aj^ance suggestions arising from 

Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham 
. Street, WC2 (01-240 8230). From 
Fri: Fri and Sat until Mar 4 . 

OUT OF TOWN 

BIRMINGHAM: Who’s Afraid of 
Vbginta WootfT: Sylvia Syms, 
-James Bolam. Beatie Edney and 
Jerome Flynn, directed by John 
Adams to the Edward A/bee 
. classic. 

Repertory (021 2384455). 

Previews from Thurs. Opens Feb 7. 

COVENTRY: The Way of the 
World: Cambridge Theatre 
company begins a national tour 
with the Congreve comedy, 
directed by BHIPryde. 

Uhiversity of Warwick Arts Centre 
.(0203 523523). Opens Tues. 

EDINBURGH: Stations/The 
Eagta/Renfc Triple bill by Oxygen 
House company, of plays originally 


Theatre Royal (0962 84334). Opens 


TELEVISION 


HANNAY: Robert Powell returns as 
John Buchan’s Edwardian 
adventurer, caught up in a tale of 

kwe and Wackmafl. With Anthony 
Valentine and Joanna David. 

(TV, Tues, 3- 10 pm. 

A DAY IN SUMMER: JJ_ Carr's 
novel of a disturbing day in the Bfe 
of a country town in the mkJ-Fffties, 

dramatized by Alan Plater rad 
starring Peter Egan, Jack 
Shepherd and John Sessions. I 
ITV, Wed. 8-1 Opm. 

THE NIGHTWATCH: Leslie (Dirty 
| Den) Grantham stars in Ray 
Brenn an's thriller about a group of 
international mercenaries spending 
a tense weekend in Amsterdam. 
SBC2. Wed, 9.25-10.25pm. 

COVER up: BEHIND THE IRAN 
CONTRA AFFAIR: Skeletons 
galore from the Reagan-Bush 
years, including an allegation that 
the release of tne Iran hostages 
was deliberately held up to defeat 
Jimmy Carter. 

Channel 4, Thurs, 10.25-11.50pm. 


The thirtieth anniversary of the 
death of BaddyHoHy is marked on 
®3C2 tomorrow by Words of Lore, 
a drama by Philip Norman which 
is Strongly laced with auto¬ 
biography. Indeed the piece is as 
nnch shoot the yenqg Norman, 
hidden hrfim4 rtu» fifriiml aHay 

Iw Seafont-Warwfck, as it is a 
pratrait of Holly; and the nostalgia 
has a hard and mffmtii aih 1 
edge. The destinies of the two 
characters, star and fan, are 
interest daring a period of 24 
hoars in Fetamiy 1959. For 
Philip/Ivor, growing up on the 
Norfolk coast; Baddy Ho&y wor¬ 
ship is the escape from an an- 
faappy duldlioed marked by 
baifyiag at school and the separa¬ 
tion of his parerts. Meanwhile in 
Iowa, Baddy and the boys check in 
at A diner on the way to what win 
tragically be their final gig, the 
strain rf whistle-stop toeing com- 
poended by personal and pro¬ 
fessional worries. The English end 
of the story is set aghast the 
winter hndsrapes of Cramer, 
while the Art Deco Hoover factory 
is c u nn i n gly used to evoke Fifties 
America. FeDow-Texan Poncho 
Hassell dons the Baddy specs, and 
16-year-eld Charlie Creed-Miles 
provides a portrait of the writer as 
a young ton. Words of Love is on 
HBC2 tomorrow, 10.15-11.20pm. 

Peter Woymerk 



JOHN SURMAN/JACK 
DEJOHNETTE: Continuing their 
Contemporary Music Network tour. 
Trades Oub. Loads ( 0532742436 ) 
tonigm; Old Vic, Bristol (0272 
250250) tomorrow, The Hawth, 
Crawley (0293 553636) Mon; The 
Octagon, Sheffield (0742 724076) 
Tues; Warwick University Arts 
Centre (0203 417417) Wed; Albert 
Halt, Nottingham (0602 419419) Fri; 
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham (021 
236 3889) Sat, Feb 4. 


RUNRK3: Rumbling Celtic rock, not 
a mflBon miles removed these days 


Dominion, London W1 (01-580 
9562), Thurs. 

POP WflJ_ EAT ITSELF: Start of a 
tour by the Stourbridge touts, now 
with major label backing from RCA. 
Roadmender Centre, Northampton 
(060421408), Fri. 




Hero worship: Texan Pancho Russell dons the Buddy Holly specs 


FILMS ON TV 



MELO(1986): First television 
showing for Alain Resnais's 
polished version of a much-fflmed 
boulevard play about two 
musicians and a tragic love affair. 
Channel 4, Thurs, rUjOpm- 
150am. 

THE TALL TARGET (1951): 
Detective Dick Powell foiling a plot 
to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in 

Anthony Mann’s taut thriUer set 

mainly on a train. 

Channel 4, Fri, 3-4^0pm. 

VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982): 
Boisterous Blake Edwards comedy 
with Julie Andrews as a stoger 




DIE HARD (18): One of America’s 
box-office smashes last year, 
'featuring Moonlighting star Bruce 
Willis (above) as a New York 
detective caught on Christmas Eve 
in a terrorist attack on a high-rise 
office tower. With Alan Rickman, 
Bonnie Bedefta; directed by John 
McTreman 

Odeon Marble Arch (01-723 2011), 
Odeon West End (01-930 5252), 
from Fri. 


femate impersonator in 1930s 
Parts. 

BBC1, Fri, 10.20pm-1230am. 


RADIO 


LAND OF THE GOD KING: John 
Keay presents the first of two 
i documentaries about the troubled 
history of TSwt during the 20 th 
century. 

Radio 4, Wed, 11-11.47am. 

ANALYSIS: A new series is 
bunched with a discussion on the 
future of Britain's defence policy, 
now that Cold War tenstonsseem 
to have eased. 

Radto4.8-8.45pm. 

TO KEEP THE MEMORY GREEN: A 
portrait of the Edgar Wallace 
Society, which was formed by his 
daughter (who Is interviewed in the 
programme) putting an entry in a 
telephone book. 

Radio 4, Fri, 4.05-4.30pm. 


CONCERTS 


CONTINUING RELUCTANCE: 
There's stall no stopping “The 
Reluctant Revolutionary''series 
and as a further contribution Simon' 
Rattle conducts the City of 
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 
London Symphony Chorus and 
numerous soloists in Schoenberg's 
Gurrefiader, with another 
performance tomorrow. 

Festival HaH, South Bank, London 
SE1 (01-928 8800). Today 7pm. 

FORBES, FOOL: Holy FOols 
Vespers, a celebration with downs. 
Is conducted by the Rev Patrick 
Forbes, described as “Angficra 
priest writer, broadcaster and 
tool”. 

St Anne and St Agnes’s. Gresham 
St London EC 2 (01-373 5566). 
Tomorrow, 7pm. 

BERLIOZ/RAVEL: As part of the 
second half of “Images de 
Franoe”, Stanislaw 
Skrowaczewaki conducts the LSO 
In Berlioz’s Symphooie fantastique, , 
RaveTs Urm barque surFocdan 
“AwjftArjeen Auger (spprano). 

B^WcanCenfra, Sik St London 
|C2(01-638 8891). Tomorrow. 
7.30pm. 

REDCUFFE25TH: Celebrating 25 
years of the Redctiffe Concerto 
series, Jacek Kasprzyk conducts 

the LPO in Elgar's Introduction and 
Allegro. Fa&aff, and Francis 
Route’s Podme PantastlquevAh 


I Salonen conducts Stravinsky's 
Chant du rossignot and, wilh Peter 

Frartid and Tamas Vasary. Bartok's 
Concerto for Two Pianos. 

Festival HaB. Thurs. 7^0pm. 

ARLEEN AUGER: This celebrated 

soprano sings Schubert Wolf and 

Schoenbergs UederOp 2. The 
pianist is f rwin Gage. 

W^more HaH. 36 Wtomore St 

Lradon W1 (01*335 2141). Thurs, 
7.30pm. 


DANCE 


NORT>ffiRN BALLET THEATRE: A 
two-week London season of their 

Don Quixote has Christopher 

Gable in the title role. 

Saltier's Wens. Rosebery Avenue, 
London EC1 (01-278 8916). Tues to 
February 11. 

NICOLE MOSSOUX: A Belgian 
dancer, in collaboration with 
theatre director Patrick Some, 

brings her latest work, Les Retries 
Morts, to London. 

IGA Theatre, The Mall, London 
SW 1 (01-930 3647). Mon to Thurs. 

ROYAL BALLET: Romeo and Juliet 
on Mon. Wed and Thurs. 

Royal Opera House, Covent 
Garden, London WC2 (01-240 
1066). 

LONDON CITY BALLET: Swan 
Lato at Derby Playhouse today 
(^®23^g75)and New Theatre, 
Cardiff (0222 394344) Mon-Thurs, 
then a new production of 
Graduation Sa?there Fri and 
Fab 4. 


Festival Hail. Hues, 7.30pm. 

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKk As tee 
first concert in a series marking 
Lutoslawski’s 75th birthday, the 
composer contacts The 
PWlrarmonla in his own Uvreasvi 
Cham ML Earlier, Esa-Pekka 


EDDIE DANIELS: The American 
clarinettist's last album. Memos 
From Paradise, explored the music 
of Roger Kellaway. 

The F arme rs' Club, Cambridge 
(0223 62086) tonight; Ronnie 
Scott's Club. London Wl (01-439 
0747} Mon to Sat 

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM: Back again, 
the South African pianist plays a 
series of solo retitab. 

Bhaw Theatre, London NW 1 ( 01 - 
3881394) Mon; St George's 
Brandon HOI, Bristol (0272 230359) 
Tues; Saffis Benney Theatre. 
Brighton (0273 04141/608020) 

Wed; Adrian Boult Hall. 

I Birmingham (021 236 3889) Thurs: 

Manchester Cathedral Fit Trades 
Club, Leeds (0532 742486) Sat 
Ronnie Scott's Club. London Wl 
(01-439 0747) Sun, Feb 5. 

COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: 

Kansas City standards under the 

direction of Frank Foster. 

The Guildhall, Portsmouth (0705 
824355) Tues; Decorum Pavffion, 
Hemal Hempstead (0442 64451) 
Wed; The Hexagon, Reading (0734 
591591) Thurs; Leas Cliff HaD. 
Folkestone (0303 53193) Fri; The 
Dome, Brighton (0273 674357) Sat, 

Feb 4. 


GALLERIES 


THE PRESENCE OF PAINTING: 

Aspects of British abstract painting 
since 1957, featuring Ayres, 
Hoyland, Scully, Green, Walker and 
other influential exponents of the 


Hatton Gallery, Newcastle (091-232 
8511). From today. 

LEGER-S CIRCUS: A suite of 
lithographs by toe French painter 
and soriafist conveying his 
enthusiasm for tee Big Top. 

Gwent Museum and Art Gallery. 
Newport (0633 840064). From 
today. 

ART 89: A gathering of 
contemporary art dealers with tee 
emphasis on promoting work by 
younger artists. 

Business Design Centre. London 
N1 (01-359 3535). From Thurs. 

JOAN MfflO (1893-1983): Paintings 
and drawings from Spanish 
surreaEst'seariy—and some say 
hts best—period. 1929-41. 
WtetectepelArtGaBery. London 
El (01-3770107). From Fri 

theexperihiceof 

—NDSGAPE: Seventy paintings, 
OHawngs and photographs 
selected from tee Arts Council’s 
cpflsction showing the variety of 
Bntrsh landscape and approaches 


SEEK. 

rovwjts East London E 8 (01-385 
3333 ). From Wed. 

! cnfTH QRANGER~TAYL0R (1887- 

ssss&sSB" 

School’s legendary Professor 

gH Jason GaHery.L^kton NW1 
(01-267 4835 ). rrom Wed. 

lance SMITH: New paintings to 
tee currency fashionable romantic, 

Fabian Carisson Galtery,London 
(01-4091906). From Wed. 


OPERA 


royal OPERA HOUSE: Madama 
Butterfly Bi\ alone this wee^ 
performances tonight. Tues and Fn 
at 7.30pm of Nuria Espertjs 
perceptive production, now wite 
Yoko Watanabe and Mario 

Cov^tGarden, LondonWC2 (01- 
240 1066). 

ENGUSH NATIONAL OPERA; 
Aribert Reimann’s Lear, m ite 
British premiere run, is conducted 
by Paul Daniel on Tues and Thurs. 
Philip Prowse’s highly successful 
and handsomely designed 
production of The Pearl F/sners 
returns on Fri, strongly cast with 
Cathryn Pope, Alan Opie and 
Arthur Davies. Three last 
performances of La Boheme 
tonight. Wed and Sat Feb 4. All 
performances start at 7.30pm. 
Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, 

London WCZ (01-8363161). 

SCOTTISH OPERA: Their new 
Rhaingoidhas its second night on 
Sat Feb 4, directed by Richard 
Jones, conducted by John 
Mauceri, and wite Willard White as 
Wotan. A single performance 
tonight of La Boheme in Elijah 
Moshinsky’s seductive production 
Both performances start at 
7.15pm. 

Theatre Royal, Glasgow (041-331 
1234). 


PHOTOGRAPHY 


DRUM: Black South Africa 30 years 
ago gave birth to the magazine 
Drum, which reflected black issues 

before the advent of the Pass Laws 
and the creation of tee townships. 

View Point Galtery, The OKI Fire 

Station. SaHbrd (061 7371040). 

WRESTLING AND WORK: Two 
shows, one by Peter Bryne, who 
looks at wrestling contests and 
their audiences, me other by Brian 
Griffin, which charts the progress 
of the development of London’s 
Broadgate, where the workers to 
Griffin's eyes assume the nobtiity 
of kings. 

Impressions Gallery, 17 
CoDiergate, York (0904 654724). 

FIRST YEAR AT SCHOOL-The first 


whose exhibition. Pilgrims, five 
years ago at the Victoria & Albert 

Museum won wide acclaim. 




Theatre Tony Patrick; Fitas: 
Geoff Brown; Concerts: Max 
Hamson; Opera: Hilary Findi; 
Rode Da'vid Sinclair; Jan: Clive 
Davis; Dance: John Ptrdval; 
Galleries: David Lee; 
Photography: Mflce Young; 
Tetarfsum, Rsdio snd Ffluf mi 
TV: Peter Waynuuk. 


Greens out, locals in 


COUNTRYSIDE 


T7 ^ en McCutcheon’s first 
protest banner com- 
prised two bean sticks 
from the garden and a pillow¬ 
case bearing her message for 
the world, or perhaps more 
realistically, for the local 
council: “Keep Edward Tho¬ 
mas Country free of ecolo¬ 
gists, naturalists, tree-fellers, 
sn ai l m en, and Mr Bonsey.” 

She had registered Britain's 
first anti-environment protest. 
At a time when Green is the 
fashionable colour — and 
sometimes with the most 
surprising people^- h has to be 
.significant that the first back- 
,,Jash is already with us. In the 
Ashford Hangers in Hamp- 
_ shire, they have had enough. 
t These are the beautiful 
^wooded hills north of Peters- 
* = fieki, known locally as Little 
-. Switzerla nd , where the poet 
I-Edward Thomas used to walk 
for inspiration at the begin- 
fc . ning of the century. These 
-days you're more likely to 
’ meet a botanist than a poet, 
which is what drove McCut- 
te cheon, who is the landlady of a 
^country pub and not naturally 
j-ofa revolutionary disposition, 
f into the demo game. 

^ She was giving expression to 

»a powerful sentiment among 

; the local people. Quite simply, 

they are sick of experts. The 
Hangers, 400 acres of chalk , 
scarp, are home to all manner i 
of rarities, from the cheese i 
snail to the stinking hellebore, ] 
the white letter hairstreak ; 
butterfly to the sword leaf \ 
helleborine. Increasingly, it is f 
also home to swarms of r 
experts, closely followed by j 
council officials with plans to f 
conserve, organize and — as f 
one man put it — nannify, p 
You can see the point a 
There is a suspicion that if the si 
County council had got to the b 
Lake District before Words- n 
worth they would probably y 
have banned all that un- 
authorized nodding and danc¬ 
ing by the daffodils. “If they in 
want steps and handrails,” at 
said one man, “why don’t they « 
walk up the stains at home?” flj 

For the locals it looks as wj 
though their beloved hills are j u 
being turned into a municipal 
park. Indeed, the unfortunate Hj 
Mr Bonsey qualified for the 


Colin Dunne meets the leader of a 
conservation revolt in Hampshire 

brnner berame McCUehwn tnith came when the insect 

“■ man stood up and spoke about 
cram^praketewherarafl* ^hovoflira which can 


county. 

They created enough of a 
rumpus for Hampshire Coun- 


be found there. Thomas him¬ 
self would have been surprised 
by the passion which he 


Dy the passion which he 

Sf 10 Send ° f ^ broi ^ t to his subject, but as 

top men — supervisors and he finished a inra l former 
managers m such exotic dis- turned and said: “ThereKot 
“? j^ .hoverflira up_tbcrc - 


much a part of the countryside 
and his work contains many 
references to the area. 

, When first I come here I 

had hope, 

Hope for I knew not whaL 
Fast beat 

My heart at sight of the 
tall slope 

Cf grass and yews, as if 
my feet 

cf ^Only by scaling its steps of 


conservation — up to the 
village of Steep to free them. 

Thp irillona k«M , net 


there’s us as wdL” The coun¬ 
cil officers might have won 


tt,™ - z . .. , uuiccis mignt nave won 

The vfifoge hall, about 100 most of the minds, but it was 


% --— wucic 

tne poet lived, was overflow- 
ing, and that on a cold winter’s 
night Since Petersfidd is 
also commuter 
country, h was 
an extraordi¬ 
nary mfr of 
City men fresh 
from their eve¬ 
ning t rains and 
local Hamp¬ 
shire yeomen, 
together with 

the experts. 

For over two 
hours the of¬ 
ficials showed 
their slides and 
visual aids and 
explained, with 
some patience, 
their policy. 

David Dixon, 


moved the 1 hearts. 

McCutcfaeon was not over- 
impressed by this exercise in 
public rela¬ 
tions. “Nice 
lantern slides, 
for anyone who 
doesn’t know 
what a prim¬ 
rose looks like,” 
she said after¬ 
wards, a littie 
sniffily. As 
landlady of the 
Harrow Inn at 
Steep, she has 
kept the deli¬ 
ghtful old pub 
much as it was 
when her par¬ 
ents had it over 
SO years ago. 
There are no 


beer pumps, no 

ficer in charge of countryside crawave. She™^^ 0 ^" 

projects — a title which in from the barrel, the mIv 
* 5* tounds are those of the h ,.m J 
flowers writ-insisted that the voice harmonizing with the 

^ dadco ^omin^andhoi^ 

properiy. He defended their made soup simmers aromati- 
action u erecting steps ami cally on the stove. With its 

^ Io B fires* kw beams aS 
ffe pnndled walls, it is exactly^ 
insured the meeting that sort of pub that brewery 

“S 112011 ^ designers have destroi^Sd 
turning it into a park. are now desperately seekmeto 

. ®ut this is a conflict which recreate, 
mvolves emotions rather than Like the Harrow, the Hams- 

argument. Even one of the ers are part of her personal 

history - So too is 

nuigofficial detachment to the Although he died in the Rret 
wad rad say: “Look, Tm not World War in 1917, Edward 

Thomas used to lodge with her 
22“? >T 1 Iove ^ Unde Tom and Auntie 
H ^ rs 2°°: . A . Flome, until he moved to the 

ine moment of dramatic house next door. He is very 


t other h ill -—* ™ 

Ever disclosed. And now I 
■ walk 

\ Down it the last time. 

: He wrote ofa skyline which 

1 “®wcd “sixty miles of South 
Downs at one glance”, and' 
P®*aps it is no snrprise that 
tee people who live there can 
more easily understand his 
poems than they can the 
jargon, which speaks of 

management access tracks and 

recreational resources. 

M cCutcfaeon has no 
doubt about it “All 
these people, snail- 
men and orchid men and 
whatever, they all want to 

change the Hangers to suit 
themselves. But I think all 
these insects rad flowers have 
survrved because they’ve been 

teft alone all these ycare. 
That’s what they should do 
now... leave it alone.” 

Smpriringly perhaps, Dixon 
does understand the resent¬ 
ment that experts can cause. 
“The conservation lobby, of , 
which we rae part, assumes it ! 

has a God-given right and 
doesn't accept that it is a 

public servant with a duty to ! 

explain," he says. ‘ 

It’s a delicate problem. • 
Landscape works its way into ( 
tee human souL Edward ! 


WEATHER EYE 


Can we hope to get through 
this winter without any truly 
cold weather? Records show 
anything is possible. There are 
examples of unbroken mild 
winters being followed by the 
excruciatingly cold Februaries 
of 1947, 1956 and 1986. 

The interesting question is 
whether we can gain ray 
advance warning of the Feb- 
niary weather. The intriguing 
foci is teat folklore abounds 
with saws about the signifi¬ 
cance of the early February 
weather, in particular Cradle- 
mas Day (February 2\ which 
celebrates tee feast of the 
purification of the Virgin 
Mary. For instance: 

Tf Candlemas Day be gay and 
bnght. 

Winter will have another 
flight. 

Bui if Candlemas Day brings 
clouds and rain. 

Winter has gone and won't 
come again. 

This even has parallels in 


Why old sayings sSSSS 

are usually right EsSS 

north Atlantic and Europe in 

European folklore and has stream over tee British Isles. !? te Janua fy» it is likely to last 
croraed the Atlantic to become So if the mild weather we have tor several weeks, 
enshnned in Groundhog Day. enjoyed from the beginning of ^ere may be good 

This tradmon claims that if December continuSmto U 350 / 1 to walch weather 
the groundhog — tee Amen- early February, there is a fair n< - xl Thursday. It 

ran marmot — emerges from chance that it will persist Sr? J !? 5® Candlemas 
ms burrow to see his shadow throughout the month. i Z ay . oIdsthe key to the rest of 

he will go back into iriberna- m™. the winter. 

STJZZSSZZ&Jf to WJ. Burroughs 

winter is over. f~ 

Clirmuoiogy suggests these ^_ 

ancient rules are not pure 

whimsy. In southern England rtTSlilM 

and north-west Europe there is 

considerable evidence that 9BKK 

easterly winds and dear skies 1 yj | % m %l a k 

in early Febrnary, associated 
with high pressure over 

A CRAFT5MAN-BUI1T CONSERVATORIES l 
for the rest of the month. r— m m i r~ar, j 

A si mil ar rule applies if 

there is a mild winterly air- glass H 


CRAFTSMAN-BUILT CONSERVATORIES 


Alone on the Way 


TOUGHENED 

SAFETY 

GLASS 

THROUGHOUT 

BRfTAUIS I 

BEST VALUE 


WEEKEND WALK 


long-distance paths are 
oftra more enjoyable in winter, 
P**™*™? the more popolar 
unes, because for W stret- 
f 1 * 5 you have teem more or 
toss to yourself. Walking the 
I S* 111 ?. rrawte stretches of the 
Sonte Downs Way, in East 
Sussex, warmed by the exer- 
tem of a climb oat of a valley 
md feefing aloue on the roof of 
the world, is exhila rating 

This waik combines a ado* 
wDy bleak stretch of the 
S®ath Dowtk with con Jbrt - 
JWe villages in the east fee. 
rbe walk is circular if ytm take 
tee tram from Lewes to 


I Kingston 
near Lens, 


Smboroogh 

/Mra 7V> 
sd Bmoki 


Ubrd 1 p— 

“■.xSSS 


but it’s an idea which camS 
he easily accommodated on a 
council afl wifl n 

So McCutcfaeon is han g.no 

on to her banner in case she 
has to go into action apa. n 
Erther way, it’s a nice thought 
that when others march for 
money and politics, here is 
one countrywoman who was 
prepared to take up a banner 
tor beauty and poetry. 

< 0 TI — w — wmi mm 


® tea Soothease station the 
Downs Way yon take 
tee fl at bed of the river valley. 
2 ®n» west to cross the river 
into Southease village with its 
Norman church enriched by 
13th-centnry wall pai ntynyt 
and dlstingaislied by its im- 
“saalty, for Sussex, round 
bell-tower. 

Join ffie A275, leaving tee 
Sooth Downs Way to cross the 
field to Rodmell and BHftfhfr 
good Nanaaa church. Walk 


saath down tee village street, 
across tee main road into Mill 
Lane, and back on to the Way. 
Tara right at tee end Into a 
narrow path and follow the 
wsymarked route into the 
hills, where for two or three 
miles yon often have no vim 
except the plateaa either side. 
Eventually on your right yon 
see below yon tee large village 
of Kingston Near Lewes wite 
its grid of modem streets. 

Fast a tamolss leave the 
Way to drop along Kingston 
Ridge through the modern 
north “suburbs” of Kingston 
itself and condone east along 

the footpath-road into Lewes. 

Martin Andrew 


TWADtT,Q ^ L Timber greenhouses 


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— Papa 


LSOLID T1MBBR-SOLID VALUE 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


Story of 
the fruit 
stealers 

Nigel Andrew approaches the 
west front of Wells cathedral and 
watches a stony-faced crowd 


OUT & ABOUT 


MKEALSPPRD 


There is a suspicious gap in 
the row of buildings opposite 
the Swan Hotel in Wells. It 
means yon can sit in the hotel 
lounge and enjoy an un¬ 
impeded view of the west 
front of Wells cathedral After¬ 
noon tea taken here, with the 
log fire crackling and that view 
across the cathedral green, 
strikes me as rather better 
value than caviare to the 
sound of trumpets. 

The funny thing about the 
west front of Wells cathedral is 
that, until you get quite dose, 
it looks exactly like the post¬ 
cards. Most great buildings are 
to some extent compromised 
by the intrusions of real life. 
But Wells seems to be sur¬ 
rounded by some kind of 
force-field as it sits, untouch- 
ably perfect, fronted by 
immaculate treeless grass. 

Closer to, the staggering 
display of medieval sculpture 
extends across the whole west 
front and round the sides of 
the flanking towers: here are. 
some of the best preserved 
statues, sheltered from the 
winds of “Kill-Canon Cor¬ 
ner". The new figure of Christ 
in majesty, by David Wynne, 
is seated high above those 
serried rows of apostles, an¬ 
gels, martyrs, virgins, saints, 
confessors and prophets. 

You can buy a booklet 
which details every sculptural 
element of the west front, 
numbering them all and mark¬ 
ing them on a diagram. They 
total 386, which suggests that 
anything less than a fortnight 
camped on the cathedral 
green, with binoculars and 
sketchpad, is barely scratching 


the surface. Even Raskin 
never took it that far. 

The cathedral is not as large 
as the west from would lead 
you to believe. Like one of 
those oversize Georgian fa¬ 
cades stuck on to an older, 
smaller town bouse, the west 
end of Wells exaggerates the 
scale of what lies behind. But 
its relative smallness only 
increases the charm of its 
interior it means, for exam¬ 
ple, that the exquisitely carved 
capitals are low enough to be 
seen properly. You can follow 
the story of the fruit stealers 
(go round anti-clockwise) and 
sympathize with the grimac¬ 
ing figure on the “toothache 
capital". 

This is a great interior, 
beautiful but not overawing, 
from the freshness of emer¬ 
gent English Gothic in the 
nave to the delicate sophisti¬ 
cation of the Lady ChapeL 
The hideous pendent lights 
west of the crossing are a pity, 
and there are some regrettable 
banners about the place, but 
little else to spoil the magic. 

Among some fine tombs, I 
particularly liked Bishop 
Harewell’s, with two punning 
hares at his feet and his effigy 
entirely covered with centu¬ 
ries of graffiti. The most 
impressive is on the fhr side in 
deeply cut block letters: “Rob¬ 
ert Hole Cherister”. 1 trust he 
was soundly flogged. 

The huge strainer or “scis¬ 
sors” arches — one massive 
arch standing on its head on 
another upright one — still 
look novel and bizarre, and 
create an extraordinary range 
of vistas about the crossing. 



emiSeamMet 1 m \ .. - —« 

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Speed and 
sacrifice 


A breathtaking medieval sculpture gallery: the west front of Wells cathedral displays 386 different carvings 


The equally famous medieval 
dock, with its busy automata, 
still draws a little crowd every 
time it strikes — but at this 
time of year the crowds are 
thin in Wells. It is a place for 
strolling and pottering, an 
afternoon tea place. 

The strolling has to lake in 
Vicar’s Gose, that astonishing 
survival of a 14th-century 
street, two rows of tittle stone 
houses with improbably tall 
chimneys. As I walked its 
cobbled length, there was 


nothing to be heard but some¬ 
one playing scales on a flute 
and no sign of life but one fat 
and friendly caL 
Cathedral School pupils, 
choristers and various forms 
of clerical life were every¬ 
where, dearly outnumbering 
the tourists. But the balance 
was perhaps the other way 
around the Bishop’s Palace. 
This formidable range of 
buildings, surrounded by a 
moat and castle-tike walls, is a 
potent reminder of the days 


when bishops were a power in 
the land. Now tire state rooms 
can be hired for “functions” 
and the bishop only uses part 
ofhls palace. 

There were a few swans in 
the moat, among the dec¬ 
orative waterfowl introduced 
by the present bishop, and I 
did not catch any of them 
performing their well-known 
trick of pulling on a bell-rope 
to get food. The Market 
Square is fine, dominated by 
two medieval gatehouses and 


a classical town hall There is 
water everywhere, gushing 


from the grotto-style “foun¬ 
tain” and running down the 
High Street gutters - someone 
ought to be bottling it. 

There are plenty of pubs 
and at dosing time on Sat¬ 
urday night I expected some of 
the action which is getting 
these country towns into the 
papers. But there was not a 
lager lout in sight. I expect 
they were all at home taking a 
late afternoon tea. 


CRAFT IN ACTION *89: A 
variety of craft hems for sale 
plus demonstrations. Deer 
Park open. Light refreshments 
and a licensed restaurant 
Dunham Massey Hall, 
Altringham, Cheshire. Today, 
tomorrow, l0am-4B0pm. Free. 

COLLECTING SNAPSHOTS: 
Children and famines are 
invited to take old and new. 
snapshots to the museum to 
discuss them with some of the 
curators who are woridna on 
the Kodak Museum, which will 
open later this year. 

National Museum of 
Photography, FHm and 


OUTINGS 


Television, Prince’s View, 
Bradford, West Yorkshire 
(0274 727488). Today 2- 
4.30pm. Free. 

BOATYARD OPEN DAY: An 
opportunity for families 
considering a canal holiday this 
year to look over traditionally 
decorated narrow boats, hear 
about canal life and the various 
routes that can be taken. 
Holidays may also be booked 
on site. Tea and cakes first on 
the boats. 

Bridgewater Boats, Castle 


Wharf, Berkhamstaad, 
Hertfordshire (0442 863615). 
Tomorrow 10am-4pm. Free. 

BRIGHTON RECORDS FAIR: 
Wide range of records - 
vintage and modern for sale. 
Brighton Centre. Brighton, 

East Sussex. Tomorrow 11am- 
5pm. Admission before 
12.30pm £1, after 
12.30pm 50p. 

NOSE-MISSING: Part of the 
Mime and Clowns season, a 
delightful show with two great 
mime artists—Habbe ana 


Meik - who, Bee Cyrano de 
Bergerac, are both endowed 
with enormous noses. 

Studio Theatre, Midland Arts 
Centre, Cannon Hill Park. 
Birmingham (box office 021 
440 4221). Today 8pm. Tickets 
adult £4, child/student £2.50. 

ANTIQUE AND COLLECTORS 
FAIR: Many stands sailing a 
wide range of antiques and 
collectable Items. 

Cheltenham Racecourse, 
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 
Tomorrow 10am-4pm. 

Judy Froshaug 


BRIDGE 


Trials and teamwork under scrutiny 


The first stage of the British 
Bridge League selection trials 
was held over the New Year at 
the Young Chelsea Club. Ini¬ 
tially six teams took part, but 
after 160 boards the field was 
reduced to the leading four 
teams who then played a 
further double round robin of 
32 board matches. The results 
were as follows: 

First MrsS. Horton, 

S J. Lodge, G. Calderwood, 

D. Shek-178 VPs 
Second: D.G.W. Price, 

D.A.L Bum, RJ. Butland, 

I. Reardon — 175 VPs 
rhink J.D.R. Codings, 

D. Edwin, R.M. Sheehan, 

I.N. Rose-164 VPs 
Fourth: R-Smolski, 

\.P. Sovrter, P. Crouch, 
f. Hobson — 160 VPs 
\ fine performance by both 
eading teams. I believe I am 


right in saying that if Sally 
Horton goes on to earn selec¬ 
tion she will be only the 
second woman in history to 
represent Great Britain in the 
Open Series. 

Inevitably the relatively 
poor display of lire Codings 
team, with its three seasonal 
internationals, is disappoint¬ 
ing. But last week I hinted that 
Rose and Sheehan, good 
friends as they are, suffer from 
a difference of approach and a 
clash of temperament that 
subtracts from their technical 
superiority. 

It was also apparent that 
some of the older players 
suffered from fatigue. Not 
entirely surprising, as the 
schedule required the contes¬ 
tants to play 356 hands with 
hardly any break- Even so, it 
was astonishing to see one of 


the finest dummy players in 
the country foiling to rec¬ 
ognize that, with 10 top tricks, 
KQ of a suit in one hand 
opposite Jxx in the other was 
all he needed to ensure his 
contract of six no trumps. 

It is always heartening for 
the ordinary player to hear of 
the experts’ less glorious mo¬ 
ments. Preserving a strict veil 
of anonymity, here are some 
candidates for the bidding 
horror of the competition. 

1. Game AIL Dealer West 


2. East-West Game. Dealer 
South. 


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30 

NO 

No 

Dbie 

No 

a* 

No 

40 

Me 

Mo 

NO 

4# 

No 

5C 

No 

5* 

No 

No 

NO 

— 

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3. Love AIL Dealer West 


i 82 

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O AKC 
• K J 


N 

W E 

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4 0J 10865 
VQ4 

0 72 

N 

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4 852 

4 A J 5 


♦ A7 
<7AB6S3 
0 64 
*10872 


w 

N 

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20 

NO 

24 

No 

30 

No 

34 

NO 

44 

NO 

No 

Me 

50 

DM 

54 

DWe 

NO 

NO 

No 

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2* 


30 

NO 


34 

No 


40 

NO 


Who would you blame for 
these undignified escapades? 


Here are my ideas. 

1. South’s double makes it 
clear that East-West have run 
into a nasty break. As East’s 
spades could have been 
weaker, 1 have considerable 
sympathy with West's five 
diamonds; none for East's 
five spades. 

2. A hazardous five spades 
instead of an excellent six 
dubs. This time I believe 
East to be the culprit. When 
he bid four diamonds it was 
not entirely clear whether he 
was confirming spades as 
trumps. When South foolish¬ 
ly doubled four diamonds. 
West shrewdly passed. Now 
if East had md four hearts, 
showing hearts, dubs and 
spade tolerance. West could 
have bid six dubs. 

3. A smaller swing, but a 
hideous bid by West, at 
international level. West has 


said his piece when he 
opened two spades. If West 
were encouraged or allowed 
to bid in this sort of 
competitive sequence. East 
would be placed in an 
impossible position. Because 
every time he pushes the 
opposition overboard. West 
“hangs” him for his pains. 

The selectors have an¬ 
nounced that they will select 
the British team to play in 
the European Championship 
in Finland after a 128-board 
match between: 


A. Forrester 
R. Brock 
J. Armstrong 
G. Kirby 
D. Burn 
D. Price 
NPC 

G. Faulkner 


Mrs S. Horton 
S. Lodge 
G. Calderwood 
D. Shek 
Dr R. Butland 
J. Reardon 
NPC 

R.Smobki 


Jeremy Flint 


GARDENING 


Time to review the potting shed 


'ostalgia in garden¬ 
ing or elsewhere 
seems to me a 
particularly fruit- 
ulgence, but this 
at be confused with 
usiasm for objects 
e past which are 
i practical. Oid-fesh- 
ind-lights and bell 
en accessories which 
this category, now 

re unobtainable, 
ights can be seen in a 
jf old gardens; once 
e been cleaned up, 
normously useful. In 
haven't seen them, 
ist of four small , cast 
nes, each furnished 
small panes of glass 
atly clip together to 



FOR FREE BROCV 

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Bfociiure 1079 Owrtwoods RmA 


make a square housing which 
can be placed over tender 
plants. A separate pyramidal 
hood, also glazed, fits oyer the 
top. keeping the plants inside 
snug during severe weather, 
and in milder times can be 
turned or removed to allow 
ventilation. 

What, yon may ask, is 
wrong with the modem 
counterpart — the house-of- 
cards glass cloches, the tunnels 
of corrugated plastic, the poly¬ 
frames stretched .over metal 
frames? Well, in my experi¬ 
ence they are not particularly 
durable, and secondly they are 
irredeemably ugly. The okl- 
foshioned hand-glasses make 
an elegant feature out of the 
necessity of protecting slightly 
tender plants. They need 
repainting and dry storage, but 
keeping a well-crafted item in 
trim is almost a pleasure. 

This is the time of year to 
review one's potting shed 
against an equipment cat¬ 
alogue and to make note of 
particularly useful or service¬ 
able items for the coming 
season. A spade and fork in 
stainless steel, so useful for 
heavy clay soils which stick 
greasily to tools, 'are good 
value but usually too expen¬ 
sive for casual buying. W.H. 
Smith's Do It All stores are 
selling a stainless steel spade 
and fork at £29.99 cadi, with 


Unable to find old-fashioned 
hand-lights, Francesca Greenoak 
looks at newer garden equipment 


CLARE ROBERTS 



wooden shafts 
handles. 

With the pruning season 
coming up for roses and fruit 
trees, a good edge on secateurs 
makes foe job easier and 


and plastic prevents tearing stems and 
branches, which increases the 
likelihood of disease. The 
trouble is that it requires a fair 
degree of dull with a stone to 
get a good edge at the correct 


angle. Similarly, If you are 
cleaning up edges and dead 
rough grass around trees with 
shears, you find that they 
blunt very quickly. I've been 
trying a secateur sharpener 
(Pnina Mate, made by Attrac¬ 
ts, which costs about £3.69) 
which enables you to get a 
lovely edge on any kind of 
secateur blades, including an¬ 
vil and the long, curved Felco 
kinds. 

The seed-sowing season is 
coming on and more and 
more of us are using propa¬ 
gators to germinate the more 
difficult seeds which need a 
constant high temperature. 
For a small extra cost it is well 
worth investing in a soil 
thermometer specially de¬ 
signed for propagators, as 
thermostats can go haywire 
without you realizing. In 
the summer and on hot spring 
days, this device comes in 
useful in conservatories and 
greenhouses to make sure that 
the soil temperature has not 
risen to a point (95T/2T’Q 
which can actually kill foe 
plants. The propagator/seed- 
tray Constant Check thermo¬ 
meter from Diplex costs about 
£4.99 and has a useful 
information sheet on its uses. 

Diplex also makes larger, 
soil thermometers which can 
be used to tell if compost 
heaps are heating up ade¬ 


quately to kill weed seeds and 
to see if beds and borders are 
warm enough (somewhere be¬ 
tween 50-55°F/I0-J3T) for 
sowing or planting seedlings in 
springtime. 

If the weather is too bad to 
do anything out of doors, 
Geoff Hamilton shows step by 
step techniques for an organic 
garden, and masses of infor¬ 
mation in a new video tape 
Organic Gardening — An In¬ 
troduction from BBC Enter¬ 
prises (£9.99 at W.H. Smith, 
John Menzies and garden 
centres stocking Stimgro/ 
Maxicrop products). 


WEEKEND TIPS 


• Sow sweet peas in deep pots 
is the greenhouse. 

• Start tubers of begonia, 
achimenes a«i gloxinia into 
growth, profiling a tem¬ 
perature of at least 55"F/13“C. 

• Keep bulb compost in pots 
moist, and keep flowering 
bulbs in a cool atmosphere 
overnight. 

• Sow hollyhock, verinsemn, 
lupins and delphiniums in foe 
greenhouse now, far plants 
which will flower this year. ■ 

• Prune large-flowered hybrid 
clematis such as Perte d’Aznr, 
riticeUa and Jactananfi forms, 
cutting the shoots of foe 
previous season hack to a pair 
of strong finds. 


Jon Speelman, our first world 
championship semi-finalist, 
has a style which is deep, 
complex and paradoxical. At 
times, he seems loath to take 
any kind of risk, while in other 
games he is transformed into a 
berserk attacker, prepared to 
hurl himself into any 
adventure. 

The game which foSows 
(from a speed chess challenge) 
will repay dose study, es¬ 
pecially for admirers of 
Speelman’s fascinating and 
unusual methods of defeating 
strong opponents. 

The opening, a quiet Cat¬ 
alan, leads to a situation where 
White's advantage is virtually 
invisible. Speelman, however, 
maintains his plus by means 
of some cunning manoeuvres. 
Around move 30 Speelman 
transforms his positional edge 
into a direct attack, which 
obliges his talented 14-year- 
old opponent to jettison ma¬ 
terial. Although time pressure, 
hardly surprising in a speed 
chess game, meant that 
Speelman then missed the 
most decisive method of 
execution, persistent pressure 
in the end game finally netted 
him the frill point. 

White: Jon Speelman; 
Black: Matthew Sadler; Cat¬ 
alan Opening, James Capel 
Speed Chess Challenge; Janu¬ 
ary 1989 


the pawn on c6. Speelman’s 
next move offers a powerful 
pawn sacrifice which Sadler 
can hardly (tecline. 

31 RdS RxcS 32044 Rd5 

An obligatory sacrifice of his 
Rook for White’s Bishop i£ 
instead. Black seeks to ding to 
his extra material with 
32...Ra5 then 33 Rd8+ Kh7 
34 Be4+ g6 35 Rd7 is at once 
decisive. 

33 BnS CMS 



1 d4 

dS 

2 NO 

05 

383 

Bdft 

4Bfl2 

N* 

5 04) 

0-0 

8 04 

c6 

7b3 

Qa7 

5 Bb2 

Nbd7 

0Nbd2 

bfl 

10Oc2 

Bb7 


11 ai 
13 Qjn4 


dx«4 12 Nx44 Nu4 


If Black now seeks to liberate 
his position with 13—Nf& 14 
Qc2 c5 then IS dxcS BxcS 16 
NgS threatens the deadly BxflS 
and foils gains material, for 
example 16...g617 Bxb7 Qxb7 

18 BxflS, when Black can 
resign with a dear conscience. 

13 _ Bb 3 14 BcS Bb* 

15 Bxb4 QxM 16RM1 RM 

The immediate 16.~Rfd8 
would have saved a vital 
tempo for future defence of 
foe “d” file. 

17 Ne5 NnS 18 dxeS Red8 

19 Qh4 OQ 20 B«4 h8 
21 Kfi2 a5 22 Bf3 *4 
23 Racl uxtii 24 axb3 0*8 
25b4 Bd7 26 Rxd7 Qxd7 
27 Rtfl Oc7 28 0*4 Ra7 
29 C5 bxc5 30 bxc5 R*5 

Speelman has expertly estab¬ 
lished a distinct strategic 
advantage. This is based on 
White’s domination of the 
open “d” file mid foe inability 
of the Black Bishop to free 
itself from the protection of 


Speelman could now have 
decided matters in his favour 
by playing foe consistent 34 
Rb6 to be followed by Qb4, 
when foe Black Bishop re¬ 
mains incarcerated. White's 
next move is a hasty decision 
which permits his young 
opponent to prolong the strug¬ 
gle, by escaping into an 
endgame. 

34 Qb6 d4+ 

This check was the resource 
that Speelman had over¬ 
looked. At a stroke the Black 
Bishop escapes into the open, 
thus considerably complicat¬ 
ing White's task of winning 
the game. 


35 

mo 

Cbcbfi 

38 

RxbG 

BO 

37 

IMS 

Bd5 

38 

RbS 

BO 

39 

RM 

dS 

40 

Rd4 

Be2 

41 

p4 

05 

42 

Kg3 

K07 

43 

N 

Kg0 

44 

Bt 

szt5 

45 

RdBt 

■car 

46 

spfS 

h5 

47 

M 

Bfl4 

48 

RxtO 

Bxt5 

49 

RdS 

gxM+ 

50 

KxM 

Bg4 

51 

K05 

Be2 

52 

Rd7 

Kffi 


Suffering from time shortage, 
Sadler commits foe final error. 
He could have continued his 
resistance with either 52.„Bc4 
or 5Z..Bg4. The text, fatally, 
gives vital ground and permits 
foe White King to invade. 

53 Kffi Bc4 54 RdS Mata 

Raymond Keene 

On February 6, at 6.30pm. at the 
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any way, contact the Fight for 
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WINNING MOVE 


In the diagram. Black, 
to play, wins. What is 
Black s decisive 
blow? 



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and address to: The 
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Competition, The Times, 

1, Virginia Sheet London 

El 9XN. 


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winners names together 
with the winning move 
will be printed in The Times 
next Saturday. 

Solution to yesterday's 
position: White wins with 
IRxffi 

Last Saturday’s 
competition was taken from 
the game Harding- 
James, London League 
1983. Black wins with 
1._Rxg2 

The winners are: Mrs 

R. Jones, Mold, Clwyd; 

R. EhwelJ, New 
Addington, Croydon, 
Surrey; J.W. Reed, 

Lydiard Millicent Swindon, 
Wiltshire. 


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ACROSS 

1 Jewish Persian 
queen (6) 

5 Over length of (5) 

8 Consume (3) 

9 Sink traps (1.5) 

10 Deeply lethargic 
state (6) 

11 BaDet spring (4) 

12 Down payments 
(8j 

14 Saddle back (6) 

15 Intricate (6) 

15 Racing banger (53) 

18 Thames island (4) 

19 Albania capital (6) 

21 Plants book (6) 

22 Business associ¬ 
ation (1.1.1) 

23 Anything in¬ 
comprehensible (5) 

24 Soft breeze (6) 

DOWN 

2 Intimidating by 
display (53) 

3 Medieval N. Ger¬ 
man league (9) 

4 Remains (7) 

5 Supreme (2,3) 

6 Computer scanner 
(1.1.1) 

7 Earth Oibh syn¬ 
chronous (13) 

13 Sedum plant (9) 

15 Siberian Mon¬ 
goloid people (7) 

17 Concentrated co¬ 
caine (5) 

20 Overwhelming re¬ 
spect (3) 



SOLUTION TO NO 1781 
ACROSS: 1 Dimple 4 Acetal 9 Bi¬ 
zarre 10 Renew 11 Bark 12 Abey¬ 
ance 14 Apathy 15 Planet 
18 Windward 20 Twee 22 Radii 23 Amo¬ 
rous 25 Tussle 25 Stoned 
DOWN: I Dib 2 Mazurka 3 Lurk 
5 Carryall 6 Tenon 7 Law centre 
8 Derby 11 Btatwurst 13 Showgirl 
16 Newborn 17 Dread 19 Nidus 21 Job 
24 Sad 


• concise No 1776 are: 
CJBMoinutn, London Road. Cheltenham; Mrs 
Joyce Crane. Thorpe Hamlet. Norwich. 


SOLUTION TO NO 1776 (last Saturday’s Prize Concise) 
ACROSS: 1 Spacer 5 Krill 8 Utc 9 Myriad 10 Bantam 
11 Thin 12Rubicund J40st«l 15Remand 16Imperial 
18 Luce 19 Super 21 Priory 22 Ads 23 Chasm 24 Entree 
DOWN: 2Psyd>0Munatic 3 Clientele 4 Ruderal S Kebab 
6JTN 7 Learning curve 13 Complaint 15 Relapse I71hram 
2ft PTA 

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First among equals in Bologna 


Emilia Ro magna boasts ancient 

_ city states and the intri^ 

beauties ot Ravenna and Faenz a. 
as Russell Chamberlin discn^T 


A tremendous rattling of ket- 
ue-drums. A mind-numbing 
clangour of giant bells hong 
from a massive steel frame; 
each swung by two sweating 
men to add to the evhiian»; n . 


city limits of Bologna it is 
impossible to say whether one 
«s in suburb or countryside. If 
one views the conurbation as 
one vast city, then there is 


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, like stage sets, but there can’t 
have been many plays like 
this. Part of the square is 
draped in the great black and 
red banners of the city’s 
colours. There is a security 
cordon round the piazza, for 
the President of Italy is there. 
And afterwards, when the 
piazza is returned to die 
people, the crowd refuses to let 
the drummers go, but demands 
encore after encore. And the 
drummers oblige, almost dan¬ 
cing with the rhythm of their 
self-generated thunder. 

They say that Bologna’s city 
centre is the best preserved in 
Italy after Venice. It can seem 
a little claustrophobic with the 
endless arcades, though ele¬ 
gant in themselves, crowding 
out the sky. The streets radiate 
from the two great towers, 
Asinelli and Garisenda, so 
that it is impossible to get lost 
— they provide a constant 
reference point. In a subway 
beneath the main artery, the 
via Rizzoli, are the stones of 
the Roman via Emilia — in 
exactly the same alignment as 
the street above. 

The city's serene survival is 
little short of miraculous, for 
some of the fiercest fighting of 
the Second World War took 
place here. The Arehinnasio, 
the first complex of the 
university, was badly dam¬ 
aged. The extraordinary nth- 
century wooden Tealro Ana- J 
tomico, within the Archinnas- 
io, went up in flames. It has 
been completely reconstruc¬ 
ted, an example of restoration 
outstanding even in Italy. 
Giambologna's vast Neptune 
Fountain, the nudity of whose 
figures caused such offence 
not so long ago, is also 
undergoing restoration. But 
next to it, as an index of the 
living city, is a kind of 
immense pavilion stuffed with 
books — one of the few overt 
indications of the city’s Com¬ 
munist government. 

The via Emilia forms the 
main artery, not only of 
Bologna, but of the entire 
region, Emilia Romagna, to 
which it gives its name; the 
ancient road is now paralleled 
by an auioslrade. Emilia Ro¬ 
magna differs from other re¬ 
gions in that it has no obvious 
capital — in the way that 
Naples is the capital of 
Campagnia; Bologna is simply 
the first among equals. The 
region is booming unpreced¬ 
entedly, and. to British eyes, 
accustomed to rigid planning 
zones, disconcertingly. Five or 
six miles outside the apparent I 


i were uncovered, is today lost 
i in a somewhat dispirited sub¬ 
urb that has inexplicably come 
! into being in the heart of the 
countryside. 

Nevertheless, the boom 
provides an unexpected 
bonus. Italy, of all countries in 
the world, is most threatened 
with cultural thrombosis, with 
the past clogging the present, 
with entire cities turned into 
museums. The invasion of 
industry has brought a leaven, 
particularly to a place like 
Rave nna. This was one of the 
great ports of the Roman 
world. When the seat of 
government moved to Con¬ 
stantinople, Ravenna formed 
the main bridgehead from 
which the Byzantine emperors 
sought to control their titular 
country. The church of San 
Vitale holds the most im¬ 
portant historical mosaics of 
the Byzantine court, including 
a superb portrait of Justinian 
— looking remarkably thugg- 
ish -and a haughty Theodora. 
Then, the inexorably advanc¬ 
ing silt moved Ihe sea from the 
city's doorstep. The ori ginal 
Roman port disappeared m its 
entirety; Ravenna decayed. 

In the 19th century a new 
harbour was constructed, but 
it was not until our own rim** , 
with the advent of humdrum 
roll-on/roll-off container 
freight, that the port of Ra¬ 
venna returned to something j 
like its earlier status. i 





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It is still Ravenna, a 
haunted city in its haunting 
landscape. Mosaic-making 
still forms a major industry: 
the tourists queue to enter the 
mausoleum of Galla Pladda, 
or crush into San Vitale to 
stare upward at the multi- 


bodies kippering in the sun. the ultimate test of the singer’s 
But the city centre is dignified, art, with the derisory whistles 
with evidence ofits past as one of a critical audience spelling 
of the power-houses of the artistic death to the less-than- 
Renaissance under the Mala- talented, 
testa. Ferrara shelters the And properly so, for this is 
tomb of Lucrezia Borgia Verdi country. A few miles 
under the gentle care of nuns away is RonooJe (now called 
who regard her, correctly, as Roncole Verdi) where he was 
victim, not monster. born, and where the humble 

San Marino? The Republic farmhouse of his hirthpiwnw is 
of San Marino is a joke, of kept as a shrine. And at 
course—but a joke that seems Busseto is the enchanting little 


cotoured. vanished worid of who * 

Byzantium. But it is also a city victim, not monster 
foal seems to have woken San Marino? The Republic 
from a cenlunes-long sleep. of San Marino is a joke, of 
Emiha Romagna revels in course —but a joke that seems 
contrasts. Hoe Fascism was oddly tenacious. Behind the 
born, mid-wifed by Benito tourist tat a formidable moun- 
Miissolmi; here it began to die tain stronghold is still visible, 
with foe advent of foe first and you can see why this, foe 
ettective Resistance move- very last of the free medieval 
meat The beach of Rimini dty states, was aWe to defy foe 
presents the fall horrors of power of Austria and give 
mass tourism, with endless Garibaldi and his doomed I 

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Parma. Palazzo de Govematore: wall art; Italian style 


oddly tenacious. Behind the 
tourist tat a formidable moun¬ 
tain stronghold is still visible, 
and you can see why this, foe 
very last of the free medieval 
dty states, wasaUe to defy the 
power of Austria and give 
Garibaldi and his doomed 
army shelter on their retreat 
from Rome in 1849. 

The dries of Romagna are 
strung along the via Emilia 
tike pearls on a nerirfary 
Forli, where the beautiful 
virago Caterina Sforza defied 
the Papal army; Imola, where 
Leonardo da Vinci briefly and 
improbably entered the ser¬ 
vice of Cesare Borgia. At 
Faenza they still make, as they 
have made for centuries, the 
ware to which foe city has 
given a world-wide name; 

At the northern end of the 
Emilia is Parma, a capital in 
its own right, and one of foe 
reasons why Bologna remains 
simply primus inter pares. The 
brutal palace of the Pilotla, 
looking like a 19th-century, 
warehouse, though built by 
the Famese in 1583, dem¬ 
onstrates the power of foe 
rulers of these dty states, for h 
is purely an administrative 
building, and not a residential ; 
palace. But it contains, too, a 
superb library and the aston¬ 
ishing Famese Theatre, built 
entirely of wood to simulate 
classical stone. The city’s 
Royal Opera House provides 


Giuseppe Verdi Theatre; a 

miniatur e of the Seal* and 

tucked into a single room of 
the Rocca, ail gilt and red 
plush and waiting for the 
founder of the mum 


TRAVEL NOTES 


AKalia flies direct to 

Bologna from Heathrow. The 

NovoteJ in Bologna (£80 per 
night) is doubtless fine for 
conferences, but frustrating 
for tourists, being some way 
tram the centra. The superb 
Grand Hotel Bagfioni is in the 
histone heart, but costs 

about £130 a night The 
comfortable Accademia, 
also central, costs about £30. 
There is superb, heavily 
subsidized, dty transport, but 
remember to tMiy your bus 
tWcet at any newsagent or 
tobacconist before . 
boarding. 


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TRAVEL: WORLD FESTIVAL GUIDE 





Treasure 


hunts and 


turkeys 


October: 


AUSTRALIA 

Oct 7: Henley-on-Todd 
Regatta, Northern Territory - 
boat race down the dry bed 
of the Todd River through Alice 
Springs. Competitors cuts 
holes in the bottoms of their 
canoes and run. The 
organizers even insure against 
rain. 


CANADA 

Oct 6-14: Oktoberfest 
Kitchener - largest Bavarian 
festival in North America 
with German bands, parades 
and beer gardens. 


CAYMAN ISLANDS 

Oct21-27: Cayman Islands 
Pirates Week Festival — the 
islands celebrate their 
seafaring history with parades 
of lavishly costumed 

i, treasure hunts and a 


FRANCE 

Oct28-29: Joumdes 
Gastronomiques de Sologn&s, 
Romoranfirt-Lanthenay — a 
culinary festival where a 
dazzling variety of foods 
and wines can be tasted and 
bought. Local cooks create 
tempting recipes before the 
eyes of onlookers and 
battle for the top prize 
awarded by the French 
Presidency. 


GREAT BRITAIN 

Oct 2-21: Swansea Festival 
- one of the principal arts 
festivals of Wales, rt 
includes opera, concerts, 
chamber music, jazz, 
dance, art and film. 

Oct 5- IS: Norfolk and 
Norwich French Festival — 
traditional music festival 
with contemporary themes, in 
1988 it was William and 
Mary and the Australian bi¬ 
centenary. This year the 
festival celebrates the 200th 
anniversary of the French 
Revolution. 


INDIA 

Oct 10-20: Dussehra 
Festival — Dussehra celebrates 
the victory of Lord Rama 
over Ravana with a dramatic 
interpretation of Rama's life 
story. In northern India giant 
effigies of the defeated 
Ravana are burned. In Mysore 
a magnificent procession of 
bejewelled elephants and 
horses is accompanied by 
musicians blowing large horns. 
Oct 29: Diwali Festival of 



lights - flickering rights, 
fireworks, sparklers and 
candles Iflumtoate the 
landscape in celebration of 
the return of Lord Rama from 
exile. 


JAPAN 

Oct 22: Jidai Matsurior 
Festival of Eras, Heian Shrine, 
Kyoto—held to 
commemorate the founding of 
Kyoto in 794. the festival 
includes a procession of more 
than 2.000 dressed in 
picturesque costumes 
representing important 
moments in the city's history. 


MALAYSIA 

Oct Festival of the Nine 
Emperor Gods - mediums 
from the main temples go 
into trance and are placed on 
razor-edged, spiked, sedan 
chairs. This heralds the return 
to earth of the gods. At Kau 
Ong Yeah temple, five miles 
from Kuala Lumpur, the 
festival culminates in a fire¬ 
walking ceremony, where 
mediums carrying a palanquin 
bearing images of the gods 
walk across a pit of bunting 
coals, to the clash of 
cymbals and beating of drums. 
Afterwards their feet are 
bathed in goat's milk. 


NEW ZEALAND 

End Oct: Taranaki 
Rhododendron Festival — a 
blend of culture and 
horticulture to celebrate one of 
the most spectacular 
collections of rhododendrons 
and azaleas In the world 
found half-way up Mount 
Eg moot in the centre of a 
beautiful wild bird sanctuary. 


PHILIPPINES 

Oct 16-18. Massaka 
Festival — hundreds of masked 
revellers take to the streets 
of Bacolod for a riotous Mardi 
Gras featuring greased pig- 
catching competitions, brass 
bands and mask making 
contests. 


SINGAPORE 

Oct 28: Festival of Lights — ' 
Hindu festival commemorating 
the triumph of light over 
darkness. “Little India" glows 
unto the light from hundreds 
of oH lamps as its inhabitants 
take part in a grand 
procession. 

TUNISIA 

Oct*: Festival of Tozeur 
Oasts — parades of decorated 
floats, oasis folklore and 
camel races. 


AUSTRIA 

Nov 15: St Leopold's 
Festival Ktostameuburg — a 
200-year-old tracEtion 
dedicated to St Leopold who 
founded the town church in 
the 12th century. In the church 
stands a vast wooden 
barrel which can hold up to 
56,000 litres of wine. Every 
November 15, ft is filled to the 
brim, allowing the good 
people of KJostemeuberg to 
refresh themselves and 
take part in sliding over the 
barrel, a custom thought to 
hark back to ancient fertility 
rites. 


FRANCE 

Nov 18-20: Les Trois 
Glomuses— France's best- 
known wine festival takes 
lace in Beaune. Ctos-de- 
ougeot and Mersauit on 
the Cote d’Or. It is a triumphant 
celebration of Burgundy's 
famous vineyards and includes 
among its attractions the 
Hospice de Beaune wine 
auction. 


GREAT BRITAIN 

Nov 8-25: Belfast Festival 
of Arts at Queen’s—an 
international festival based 
in and around Queen’s 
University which includes 
drama, opera, cinema and 
music from classical to folk. 


HOLLAND 

Nov Arrival of St 
Nicholas. Amsterdam — at 
10am, St Nicholas, dressed 
in a crimson robe and carrying 
a gold staff, arrives at 
Amsterdam Central raffway 
station accompanied by 
Black Peters, his assistants. St 
Nicholas mounts a white 
horse and rides through the 
city while the Black Peters 
distribute gingerbread to the 
hundreds of children who 
line the streets to catch a 
limpse of their Father 
iristmas. 


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SOVIET UNION 
Nov20-30: Byelorussian 
Musical Autumn Festival, 
Minsk—a mixture erf 
classical and folk music, ballet 
and poetry at the end of the 
harvest celebrations. 
SWITZERLAND 
Nov 27: Zibeiemarit Ortion 
Festival. Bern — the upper end 
of the old city of Bern is 
transformed one day each year 
into a huge market filled 
with more than 100 tons of 
onions on plaited rope - an 
event which dates from the 
15th century. The extrovert 
appear in disguise or as Jesters 
to perform impromptu 
satirical sketches. 


FRANCE 

Dec 17-18: Turkey Festival, 
— annual p 


Licques — annual parade in 
celebration of that seasonal 
bird. Participants carry a turkey 
in place of honour and 
sport turkey feathers in 
their hats. 


THAILAND 

Nov 7S-/SrSurin Elephant 
Round-Up—spectacular re¬ 
enactment of a medieval 
elephant war parade with more 
than 100 elephants ridden 
by warriors dressed in brilliant 
crimsons, golds and whites. 
Nov 11-13: Yi Peng Loi 
Krathong, ChlangMai — under 
the fun moon the Thais float 
small, lotus-shaped banana- 
leaf boats containing 
lighted candles, burning 
incense, flowers and small 
coins, in honour of the water 
spirits and to expiate the 
year's sms. Festivities also 
include folk dandna and 
firework 


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; displays. 


CANADA 

Dec*: Arctic Christmas 
Festival, Spence Bay—week- 
long festival of indoor 
games, drum dancing and 
roasting. 


JAPAN 

Dec 2-3: ChJchibu Yo- 
matsuri Cttchibu City - one of 
the grandest float festivals 
with a parade of six vast 
lavish, lantem-lit floats and 
a fireworks display in 
Hitsujiyama Park. 

MEXICO 

Dec 12: Feast of Our Lady 
of Guadalupe - a national 
festival in honour of 
Mexico's patron saint There is 
a procession to the shrine 
in Mexico City with native 
dances in from of the 
basilica and non-stop music. 

ST KITTS AND NEVIS 
Dec24-Jan2:Hevi& 

Carnival — an array of 
pageants, parades, 
dancing, music and 
processions. 

SOVIET UNION 
Dec25-Jan& Russian 
Winter Art Festival, Moscow— 
music, dancing and theatre 
with folk, choral and dance 
groups. 

SPAIN 

Dec 31: Festival of St 
Sylvester, Island of Madeira — 
New Year's Eve le 
celebrated m spectacular style 
with a fireworks display in 
Funchal harbour with snips’ 
sirens blaring and church 
bells pealing in the new year. 

SWEDEN 

Dec 75.-Festival of St Lucia 


Year’s end: walking turkeys (above) in France; Australia roles the waves (below) 



— 150 years ago Swedish 
sailors traveling to Sicily 
brought back with them the 
legend of St Lucia. Queen 
of he Light Every Dec 13, 
young Swedish girls dress 
as St Lucia in long white robes 
and a gold crown bearir 
lighted candles. 


ing 


SWITZERLAND 

Dec 5: KJausjagen. 

Kussnacht - on the eve of St 
Nicholas Day, the shore of 
Lake Lucerne is illuminated by 
candle-light from inside 200 
specially designed "bishop's 
mitres" worn by villagers 
going to greet St Nicholas. 

Dec 7 7: Escalade Festival 
Geneva — celebrates Geneva’s 
victorious defeat over 


French soldiers attempting to 
scale the city walls in 1602- 


TUNIS1A 

Dec": Douz Festival. Sahara 
— Sahara folklore with 
traditional music, camel and 
horse races. 


TURKEY 

Dec 14-17: Mevfarta 
Commemoration. Konya - the 
festival which includes the 
rites of the Whirling Dervishes. 

• The correct venue for the 
Royal National Eisteddfod of 
Wales m August is 
Llantwst, Gwynedd. 


DIRECTORY 




For further information 
contact the relevant 
tourist office 

Australia 01-434 4371 
Austria 01-629 0461 
Canada 01-930 5305 


Cayman Islands 01-491 7756 
France 01-493 7622 
Great Britain 01-730 3400 
Holland 01-630 0451 
India 01-437 3677 
Japan 01-734 9638 
Malaysia 01-930 7932 
Mexico 01-734 1058 
New Zealand 01-930 8422 
Philippines 01-439 3481 
St Kitts & Nevis 01 -937 9522 
Singapore 01-437 0033 
Soviet Union 01-631 1252 
Spain 01-499 0901 
Sweden 01-437 5816 
Switzerland 01-734 1921 
Thailand 01-499 7679 
Tunisia 01-499 2234 
Turkey 01-734 8681 
West Germany 01-495 3990 






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TRAVEL NEWS 


Tailor-made round-the-world 
tours to Australia are being 
offered by Pacific Connection. 
The programme is not based 
on the usual rigid itineraries, 
but the operator has access to 
special hotel rates and feres 
not normally available to 
independent holidaymakers. 
A sample round-the-world 
tour, taking in Singapore, 
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cheaper than the old Flexipass 
and there are also savings on 
high-season prices. The airline 
says the cost of a return 
journey between Toronto and 
Vancouver can be almost 
halved by uang the Flexipass, 
which has to be bought before 
departure from the United 
Kingdom. Information on 01- 
759 2636. 


the Concorde charter special¬ 
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priced at £895. Passengers 
flying out on the BA Concorde 
will return with Air France and 
vice versa. Information on 
0227 763336. 


hotels will save between £157 
and £242, and Silk Cot wil] 
offer a reduction of £110 on 
holidays of one, two or three 
weeks at all the other Sey¬ 
chelles hotels in its pro¬ 
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Jamaica gems 


Welsh wonders 


• Brittany, the Best cf France 
is a useful new 68-page colour 
magazine with plenty erf ideas 
for holidays in tins increas¬ 
ingly popular region. It is 
available free of charge from 
the Brittany Chamber of Com¬ 
merce, 69 Cannon Street, 
London EC4N 5AB (01-329 
4082). 


Concorde calling 


Canadian coup 


Air Canada is cutting the cost 
of its “Flexipass” tickets 
which give reduced-price 
travel within Canada. Low- 
season rates are now up to £48 


Concordes of British Airways 
and Air France will mark the 
twentieth anniversary of the 
supersonic aircraft’s first flight 
on March 2, with two-day trips 
from Heathrow to Toulouse, 
its French birthplace. The 
flights are being organized by 


The Wales Tourist Board has 
produced its own caravan 
holidays brochure for the first 
time. AD the sites have been 
inspected by the WTB and are 
graded according to a nation¬ 
ally-agreed scheme. There are 
79 locations to choose from 
and prices start at less than 
£40 for a week's rental of 
caravans in Aberystwyth, 
Bala, Barmouth and Pontllyf- 
ni near Caernarfon. Short 
breaks are also available. 
Information: 0222 494473 
(24-hour answering service). 


The latest “limited Editions” 
brochure from long-haul spec¬ 
ialist Kuoni concentrates on 
Jamaica, with a range of price 
reductions throughout 1989 
and a choice of hotel or self- 
catering accommodation. 
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Information on 0306 740500. 


• Silk Cut Travel is malting 
significant reductions on Sun¬ 
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• British Rail is cutting the 
cost of its popular Young 
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February 25. During the same 
period it is also offering 
cardholders “Winter Wan¬ 
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day at half the full Saver fare 
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FRANCE 

Chamonix Jan 29-Feb 1: 
Nordic World Cup ski jumping; 
Feb3: Ice hockey-Toronto vs 
Chamonix. 

Flame Jan 28-29: National 
junior freestyle championships, 
bumps, ballet and aerials. 
Megeve Jan 28-Feb 4; British 
International Army 
championships. 

Moraine Feb 1-3; Europa Cup, 
freestyle. 

■nones Feb 1: Second 
“ngnathton" - teams 
consisting of one skier, one 
surfer ana one monoskier 
compete In a derby-type race; 
Feb 2; BaWarrtfnes skJ 
challenge races. 


SWITZERLAND 
Crans-Montana Jan 29: Fifth 
Foutee Blanche— popular XC 
race. 

Verbier Feb 4: Super G 

' the Swiss Ski 
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AUSTRIA 

Mayrhofen Jan 28-29: Second 
International sled dogs race. 


ITALY 

Sestriere Jan 29: Glam slalom, 
organized by the Torino Ski 
Centre. 

Sauza cfOubc Jan 29: Giant 
slalom, cup ski Club Libertas. 


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WORLD 

FESTIVAL 

GUIDE 


PART 4 


\ An hour from 
Tokyo, a town’s 
: martial past is 
recalled with 
horse and 


longbow, as 


Peter Popham 


reports 


S oon after one leaves 
the office towers of 
central Tokyo, an 
industrial deathscape 
begins. Europe has 
-nothing to compare with it for 
scale, for density, for the 
'remorseless obliteration of 
Everything that does not make 
money. 

■ You can’t believe your eyes 
when it starts, but after nearly 
an hour it’s hard to see how it 
can ever stop. Then, at a place 
called Ofuna, where the main 
-line that carries the bullet 
trains whistles off westwards 
towards Kyoto and Osaka, our 
line takes a turn to the south. 
Simultaneously, small green 
hills begin appearing along* 
side the track, until we are 
cutting through a steep valley 
of them. There are ponds with 
carp and willow trees, temple 
gates, forests of taQ paulownia 
trees, old houses with white¬ 
washed Lath-and-plaster, and 
paper windows, and roofs of 
heavy grey ceramic tiles. We 
have arrived in Kamakura. 

Kamakura is metropolitan 
Japan's sweet medieval sur¬ 
prise. An hour from the heart 
of Tokyo, it has managed to 
survive pretty wdl intact for 
the same reason as it was 
brought into being: its topog¬ 
raphy. Until the end of the 
12th century it was a fishing 
village of complete obscurity: 
a cluster of huts along a 
curving sandy bay, cut off 
from the reed plains to the 
north by its tree-covered hills. 

The bay. the hills, the 
location of the place hundreds 
of miles from the Imperial 
power centre in Kyoto — all 
these weighed with a dan 
leader called Yoritomo, who 
had just won a famous victory 
over his rivals in the west, and 
now hoped to dig himself in at 
the other end of the country. 
In 1192. Kamakura became 
his headquarters. In the space 
of a few years, Yoritomo 
turned the little fishing village 
into the strategic centre of the 
nation, and its political bean. 

A n artificial harbour 
was built in the 
sandy bay; for a 
time it was Japan's 
largest, and it was 
here that monks arrived from 
China, and built Japan's first 
Zen temples in among the 
Kamakura hills. Later the 
town filled up with temples, 
too. 

Today Kamakura reeks of 
history quite as much as any 
ancient English town, even 
though few of the buildings go 
back more than about 60 years 
(most of the old ones burned 
down in the great earthquake 
qf 1923). Y^ntomo made the 
town into a monument of his 
own achievement. The main 
street he built shoots straight 
as an arrow from the seaside 
for two miles, through a 
succession of the red ton gates 
of Shinto, culminating, at the 
(pot of the Hill of Cranes, in a 
massive shrine to Hachiman, 
the god of war. 

■ Every traveller on Kamaku¬ 
ra's main street becomes 
willy-nilly a pilgrim on the 
road to the sbnne. Close to Jhe 
outermost tori gates, and still 
remembered in the name of a 
bus stop, was the point where 
riders had to dismount to 
show respect. 



Steady, steady,., flregtey day* of Kanafaira are reEredfafestfnda at which niointedaid>e»lnirttedOT« the Bsteto 


With the defeat of Kamaku¬ 
ra’s Shoguns in the early 14th 
century the. town’s dev¬ 
elopment froze, picking up 
only when the railway line was 
pushed through. Nowadays, 
each spring and autumn, 
Kamakura's glory days are 
brought back to hfc in festivals 
of Yabusome, the noble and 
specialized martial art of ar¬ 
chery on horseback. The day 
before the event, a dirt road 
that slices perpendicularly 
through the grounds of 
Hadu man’s shrine is covered 
with soft, fresh soil and roped 
off. Then, on the day, visitors 
flock to the shrine from early 
in the morning to bag the best 
spots along the route, and 
quite soon the horses begin to 
turn up, as big as racehorses, 
wonderfully exotic in this 
country where few animals 
larger than a collie are ever 
glimpsed outside of the zoo. 

Their riders are scarcely less 
magnificent, togged up like 
12ih century Samurai in gor¬ 
geously coloured pantaloons 
and tunics, each equipped 
with a longbow and a quiver 
of arrows. Throughout the day 
the shrine grounds echo to the 
thunder of hooves as the 
competitors gallop along the 
track and loose their arrows at 
a small target half-way down 
ns length. 

A town’s festival is the way 
it declares itsdS the dramatic 
performance by which it ex¬ 
presses in articulate form the 
identity which, for the rest of 
the year, sprawls shapelessly 
across the days and the square 
miles. For me, Kamakura’s 
Yabusome is too artificial, too 
recent a revival, too obviously 
a crowd-puller. 

Far more evocative of the 
town’s life and continuities 
are the local street festivals 
which erupt in each quarter of 


TRAVEL NOTES 


Japan National Tourist 
Organization, 167 Re 
Street, London W1R'—. 
734 9638). Japan has so many 
festivals mat on almost every 
day of the year there is one to 
be found somewhere In the 
country. Local tourist offices 
wis supply details. 


the town in the heat of 
summer. You know they are 
on the way when, some weeks 
before, the evening air carries 
a feint staccato rumbling that 
goes on steadily for hours. In 
shops temporarily turned over 
to the purpose, the middle- 
aged masters of the festival are 
putting their children through 
after-school drum practice. 
Then, on the great day, the 
performance commences, 
with fathers and children and 
drums and bamboo flutes 
installed on a huge and elabo¬ 
rately carved wagon which is 
dragged through the narrow 
lanes and main thoroughfares 
while they blow and bang for 
all they are worth. 

And yet this is only an 
accessory and accompani¬ 
ment to the festival's main 
business. 

There H is, up ahead: 
miniature shrine, lacquered 
and gilded and covered in 
things that jingle and shine, 
surmounted by a gilded phoe¬ 
nix, mounted on two long 
poles which the young 
labourers and shop keepers of 
each locality heave on to their 
shoulders and dance through 
the town's streets: 

T his festival, vari¬ 
ations of which are 
to be found all over 
the country, and 
which goes back 
centuries, is the god’s day out: 
it is fended that he leaves the 
ood Shinto shrine 
takes up residence in the 
Mikoshi, as it is called, for the 
duration of the festival. The 
young men cast off their dour 
western working dothes for 
tight cotton pants, split-toed, 
foot hugging shoes, head 
bands, and loud happi coats 
emblazoned with the name of 
the neighbourhood, and for 
bom after hour, sweat pouring 
down their feces (the Mikoshi 
is very heavy), they dance the 
god round and round, strain¬ 
ing and chanting and weaving 
until they, are all in a trance of 
stupefied happiness. 

Darkness fells and the noise 
dies away; there remain the 
distant crashing of surf; and 
the long, deep bomumg of a 
temple bell from the hills. 


Throughout the day the shrine grounds echo to the thunder of hooves as the 
competitors loose their arrows at a small target half-way down its length 




Renting the spirits:a ritual drink for the archers after a hard day’s competition at the fists 


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The teams with the most to fear 


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SPORT & LEISURE 


SECTION 


SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 



FA CUP 


The vast majority 
of football 
followers will be 
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giant-killing feats 


round of the FA 


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their first division 


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In and oat of the limelight: 


(left) is happy to leave the stage dear for Sutton in preparation for today's 


M icheal Phelan, the Norwich 
City captain, knows his 
place. After months of' 
accepting applause for the 
heroics of his own side, this week he has 
had to stand aside and put his hands 
together for the feats of little Sutton 
United. After months of biting the ankles 
of football’s Dobermans, he suddenly 
finds the terrier at bis own heels, and the 
whole nation is baying for blood. 

•‘We’ve taken a back seat this week 
and let them have the limelight. They 
deserve it. What they’ve achieved is 
unbelievable” he says. “People have 
appreciated the way we’ve played this 
season, but against Sutton it is amateurs 
against professionals, and everyone will 
be on the side of the underdogs. We’ll be 
ihe villains. I suppose.” 

The tribute is not just platitude. 
Phelan, a quiet and thoughtful Lancas¬ 
trian. has a personal understanding of 
the giant-killer’s psyche. Born and bred 
near Nelson, he spenthis formative years 
at Burnley, commuting between the third 
and fourth divisions and learning his 
trade. He was in the side that went to 
Spurs in the Milk Cup and won 4-0. The 
role of giant is unfamiliar to him. 

“Yes. I do have a fee 1 for the 
underdog." he says. *‘I will alwasy relate 


to sides from lower divisions because 
they come from the same roots as I did, 
and m never forget that” 

Though Burnley’s tradition as the 
youth centre of the game was already 
beginning to fade by the time Phelan 
made his debut straight from school in 
1979, it is not entirely coinddenial that 
Norwich’s short-passing style, which has 
so pleased the purists, matches the 
Burnley side of the Seventies. Phelan, 
aged 26, learnt his football under the 
guidance of Martin Dobson and Leigh¬ 
ton James at Turf Moor, and the 
principles have survived at Carrow 
Road: never hoof when you can pass, 
never tackle just for the sake of it, never 
defend when you can attack. 

There are other similarities: Norwich 
give the ball away in strictly forbidden 
areas of the field and play far better away 
from home, They could also be a soft 
touch fora giant-killer. 

As Phelan appreciates, the attitude of 
bis side has to be right “It’s harder to get 
that right for this game than for another 
first division side,” he says. “You don’t 
want to build them up too much because 
they are a non-league side, but we can’t 
afford to take them too lightly.” 

“Psychologically, they do have the 


upper hand. TbeyVe got a fuD day ahead 
of them and they’ll enjoy every minute of 
it If they get beaten, so what? If we win, 
so whal? We’re expected to. If we can 
match them for effort our ability should 
see us through; if not, well struggle.” 

The softly-spoken Phelan does not 
shine through as a born leader. He will 
not roar when a quiet word will do. If he 
has to lay down the law, he will pick his 
moment and his man. “I’m not oni- 


I t is almost eight years since Steve 
Mackenzie volleyed a spectacular 
equalizer for Manchester City in an 
FA Cop Final replay. Shortly 
afterwards the gloss was stripped from 
his evening when Tottenham emerged 3- 
2 victors, courtesy of an arguably more 
spectacular winner from Ricky Villa. 

“We won a free kick just inside the 
Tottenham half Tommy Hutchison-fed 
me the ball, 1 connected and the next 


while Mackenzie hopes to move a step nearer another Wembley final at Kettering’s expense 


spoken. If l have something to say. fll thing it was in the net,” Mackenzie, then 
say it, but you have to treat each player . a S ed 


differently. If someone’s not doing 
something they should, HI try to find out 
quietly what the matter is. It might have 
nothing to do with football” 

Whatever the method, there is no 
doubting Phelan’s influence on Norwich 
as captain and attacking midfield player. 
But it is an irony not lost on him that, 
despite Norwich's deeds this season, be 
is for less well famous than Tony Rains, 
his opposite number at Sutton. He just 
hopes it doesn’t stay that way. Phelan has 
no intention of becoming famous 
through defeat “1 hope Sutton get 
everything they want from their day 
out” he says. “Except, of course, what 
they really want” 

Andrew Longmore 


This afternoon the 27-year-old version 
is poised to play in the Chariton Athletic 
midfield against Kettering Town in the 
fourth round of the FA Cup at Selhurst 
Park. 

Mackenzie said: “Winning this match 
is vitaL Reaching the final this year 
would mean so much more to me than it 
did at 19. It will be a hard, tough battle. I 
have a feeling it won't be my favourite 
type of game.” 

No one is about to underestimate the 
apposition. “Kettering could hold their 
own in the fourth division—and no team 
in that league is a pushover. 1 have a high 
regard for Peter Morris, the Kettering 
manager, who has brought in a lot of ex- 
League pros. With people like Robbie 
Cooke and Ernie Moss, who will score 


goals anywhere, playing we have to treat 
them with respect. We we will need to 
play to the best of our ability and we will 
certainly be as keyed up as they are ” 

Tense they may be, but Chariton have 
prepared for this afternoon in a distinctly 
low-key manner. With the possibility of 
relegation to the second division staring 
you in the face there is little option. “We 
didn’t allow ourselves to think about the 
Cup until after last Saturday’s win at 
Newcastle. Until then we were fully 
occupied by thoughts of avoiding getting 
into trouble again.” 

That result lifts Chariton to the 
relative comfort of seventeenth position, 
six points clear of Newcastle at the 
bottom. Consequently, the South 
Londoners have earned the right to a 
Kttie fantasy about receiving medals 
from royalty in May. 

As Mackenzie put it “We didn't really 
start thinking about Kettering in training 
until Wednesday, but I can guarantee we 
will all be excited by three this afternoon. 
If we can get to the fifth round there will 
be a little sniff of Wembley. The odds 
shorten and anything is possible...” 

Back in 1981 everything looked pos¬ 
sible for Mackenzie. In reality his 
subsequent career has been characterized 


by anticlimax rather than accolades. He 
has twice been sold for six-figure fees — 
by Manchester City to West Bromwich 
Albion for £450.000 and thence to 
Chariton for £200,000. 

However, life has been punctuated less 
by defence-splitting passes than 
physiotherapy “I haven’t achieved what 
I wanted. I haven’t got that much out of 
the game. When we lost the Cup final I 
wasn't too upset, I imagined there would 
be more to come. If I’d known then what 
the next eight years really had in store I 
would have been veiy disappointed:” 

Perhaps this sense of anticlimax is 
inevitable in someone who, at only 17, 
moved from Crystal Palace to Malcolm 
Allison’s City for £250,000 without 
having kicked a ball in the first team. 

Subsequently Mackenzie has played 
for several high-profile managers, 
including John Bond and Ron Saunders. 
Significantly, he rates Lennie Lawrence, 
in charge at Chariton, as among the best 
“He has done so well to avoid 
relegation.” 

Lawrence will do equally well to avoid 
the giant-killing syndrome by charting a 
safe passage into the fifth round. 


Louise Taylor 


No animosity as 
top rowers split 


By Jim Rmlton 


Forest manager given 
good news and bad 


The news that the Great 
Britain oarsmen, Steve 
Redgrave and Andy Holmes, 
ha'e broken up is common 
knowledge, but they could 
well team up again before the 
next Olympic Games. 
Redgrave and Holmes have 
rowed together for a longtime, 
winning Olympic, world and 
Commonwealth gold medals, 
but tor a variety of reasons, 
they have not rowed together 
since Seoul, when they chal¬ 
lenged for both the coxed and 
co Ciess pairs titles. 

At present. Redgrave is 
rowing in a coxiess pair with 
Simon Bercsford at Henley, 
v-hi'e Holmes partners John 
Mnxey at Hammersmith. 
Redgrave is rowing at bow and 
could eventually stroke a 
coxless pair from bow-side if 
the combination stays to¬ 
gether. Holmes’s training cen¬ 
tres around the hospital duties 
of Maxcy. a doctor. 

Mike Spracklen, the coach 
to Redgrave and Holmes, said 
vesierdav : “They have been 
{raining together a long time, 
mostlv twice a day. and this 
chance is something they both 
want and need. I coach Steve s 


new combination every day 
aud Andy’s occasionally. The 
good news is that they will, it 
seems, continue through the 
next Olympiade. I would not 
be surprised if by the 1992 
Olympic regatta they are to¬ 
gether in the same boat 
again.” 

Redgrave said yesterday: 
“Andy and I have split for the 
moment, but it is not a 
personality clash. We know as 
a unit we can put our act 
together at any lime and make 
our mark at Olympic and 
world championship levels. : 
Whai we are striving for at the 
moment is hard to say. After a | 
skiing holiday I started serious 
training only recently, but 
after the rest I am now really 
enjoying training again. Next 
year I would like to resume 
bobsleighing, and aim to drive 
the British bobsleigh team in 
the Winter Olympics.” 

Holmes has posted his in¬ 
tent: “My aim is to be the 
fastest possible boat in the, 
1992 Olympic regatta, what-' 
ever that is.” It is going to be 
hard to find a foster combina¬ 
tion than Redgrave and 
Holmes. 


I Brian Clough was charged 
with bringing the game into 
disrepute by the Football 
Association yesterday only 
hours before learning that the 
Director of Public Prosecu¬ 
tions would not be initiating 
criminal proceedings against 
him . 

The Nottingham Forest 
manager struck several 
supporters who invaded the 
City Ground pitch following 
his team’s 5-2 win over 
Queen's Park Rangers in the 
LiUlewoods Cup on January 
18. 

Subsequently Clough be¬ 
came die subject of investiga¬ 
tions by first Nottinghamshire 
Police and then the Crown 


By Louise Taylor 

Prosecution Service. Yes¬ 
terday Allan Green, the Direc¬ 
tor of Public Prosecutions, 
said: “The Nottinghamshire 
police have been advised that, 
having considered all the 
information available, there is 
insufficient evidence to justify 
criminal proceedings against 
Mr Gough." 

“The matter is over as for as 
we are concerned,” a Not¬ 
tinghamshire police spokes¬ 
man said. 

Paul White, the club sec¬ 
retary at Forest, said: “From 
the club's point of view this is 
great news. It is fantastic. 
Obviously 1 am delighted and 
I am sure Mr Clough will be.” 

Any relief would have been 


mitigated by the fact that 
Gough must now appear be¬ 
fore the FA’s disciplinary 
commission at the City 
Ground on February 9, when 
be could face an unlimited 
punishment, possibly includ¬ 
ing a heavy fine or a touchline 
ban. 

The disciplinary com¬ 
mission is expected to ques¬ 
tion him about a newspaper 
article in which Gough alleg¬ 
edly declared he would: “do it 
all over again.” 

Gough, aged 52, has been in 
chaige at Forest since 1975, 
He is the League's second 
longest serving manager and 
has a 24-year record in 
management. 


Short list of tour candidates 


By Stuart Jones, Football Correspondent 


N© plans for rebel tour 


Johannesburg 1 Reuter) - 
South Africa has no immedi¬ 
ate plans to host a rebel cricket 
Tour, although some England 
-> SI plavcrs have made in¬ 
quiries. ‘the South African 
Cricket Union (SACU) presi¬ 
dent. Joe Pamensky. said 

vesicrday. 

‘ -Certain England players 
did aapno 2 ch us about a 
possible tour.” Pamensky 
said. “We will not pursue Ute 
matter at this stage. We'll 


decide when another tour suits 
our needs.” 

Ali Bacher. the SACU 
managing director, said they 
preferred to concentrate on 
the domestic scene. “Un-j 
official touts.. .are not crucial 
right now to keep South 
African cricket vibrant. We 
won’t survive or fall on inter¬ 
national tours.” 

Hopes undermined, page 10 
More cricket page 52 


The timing of the proposed 
tour of England’s B team is 
almost certain to render un¬ 
available the man the Football 
Association would prefer to 
appoint as the manager. 
Bobby Robson's involvement 
with the senior squad is likely 
to prevent him from oversee¬ 
ing the start of bis own idea. 

If the FA’s international 
committee decides on Mon¬ 
day that the tour should take 


place immediately after the 
end of the domestic season on 
May 13, the list of internal 
candidates would effectively 
be reduced to one. He is Dave 
Sexton, the manager of the 
under-21 side. 

Robson’s priorities will in¬ 
evitably lie on a higher level 
Instead of shaping a shadow 
squad, he will be preparing the 
national team for the World 
Cup tie against Poland at 


League ruling sought 


Simon Barnes's Sporting Diary, page 10 


Middlesbrough hare asked 
tile Football League to arrange 
a new date for their match 
against West Ham United at 
Upton Park, postponed from 
February 11, because West 
Ham are to play Luton Town 
in a little woods Cup semi¬ 
final the following day. 

West Ham have delayed a 
decision on Middlesbrough’s 
request to play on the follow¬ 
ing Wednesday. Brace Rjoch, 


the Middlesbrough manager, 
said: U I cannot understand 
why there is a delay. We have 
beat negotiating for a week.” 

• ZURICH: Inter Milan have 
been fined £82,000 by UEFA 
following a safes Of incidents 
during the second leg of their 
third round UEFA Cup match 
against Bayern Munich last 
December. Bayern were fined 
£11,400. 


Wembley on June 3. For 
practice, England will play in 
the Rous Cup, against Chile 
on May 23 and against Scot¬ 
land on May 27. 

The international com¬ 
mittee is planning to send the 
B team to Western Europe, 
ideally for three matches in 10 
days. An FA spokesman, who 
admitted that no official ap¬ 
proaches had yet been made, 
said yesterday: “We want to 
keep it simple and to avoid 

long journeys. 

“if we cannot call on mem¬ 
bers of our own fiiU-time 
managerial staff" be added, 
“we would obviously have to 
ask a club if we can borrow 
their manager". Graham Tay¬ 
lor, as long as Aston Villa are 
not competing in the Fa Cup 
Final on May 20, is considered 
the fevourite outsider. 

The FA may prefer to 
reduce speculation concerning 
Robson's successor by select¬ 
ing one of his assistants. 






















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JBE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 3 989 


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fejn Macleod repo rts on the traditional rivalry at the hea rt of the world skiing championships 

White circus arrives in the Rockie 





SPORT_47 


SNOOKER 


Colorado 
The quaim dock lower which 
niarics ^ entrance to Vail 
village, exudes such a dis- 
tincUy Central European look, 
diat a should convey a 
comforting sense of the old 
world as the Austrians and 
awiss prepare for the 
confrontation set to dominate 
the World Alpine Skiing 
championships which begin 
here tomorrow. 

ft is an event the alpine 
nations have come to regard 
as their own. They do not take 
kindly to outsiders which 
perhaps explains why this is 
only the third time since the 
championships were inaugu¬ 
rated in 1931, that they have 
left European shores. 

But if alpine intolerance of 
lowland nations is not entirely 
unexpected, most of the 
venom is usually directed 
across the great mountain 
passes which dissect Switzer¬ 
land and Austria. 

Americans find it difficult 
to comprehend the eternal 
rivalry between the “old firm* 1 
of alpine skiing. It is, as any 
self-respecting Swiss or Aus¬ 
trian will tell you, a matter of 
the gravest national 
importance. 

U is the inter-mountain 
equivalent of Brazil and 
Argentina at football, Czecho¬ 
slovakia and the Soviet Union 
at ice hockey and China and 
Japan at gymnastics. There is, 
however, a more mercenary 
aspect to it all as both nations 
regard skiing as an extension 
of the economy — an unholy 
alliance of sport and industry. 

What adds spice to the 
prospect of these champion¬ 
ships being the finest ever is 
the Austrian resurgence in the 
first two phases of the World 
Cup season. 

The Swiss may still have a 
stranglehold on most of the 
women’s events, but their 
male counterparts, who have 
been the dominant force for 
the past five seasons, are no 
longer invincibile. 

This is partly doe to the 
comeback of the ageing trio of 
Austrian downhill racers, 
Wimsberger, Stock and 
Hoeflehner, and partly to the 
versatility of Marc Girardelli, 
the sole representative of 
Luxembourg. 

But the beauty of these 
championships is to be found 
in the sudden-death nature of 
each event. What will be 
particularly intriguing on this 
occasion mil be to see how the 



Assumptions on 
Masters result 
are utterly false 


One theory in support of allega¬ 
tions that there was something 
fishy about the 5-1 scoreline by 
which Terry Griffiths beat 
Silvino Francisco in the first 
round of the Benson and Hedges 
Masters at Wembley last Mon¬ 
day was that it could happen at 
this tournament because the 
Masters does not cany ranking 
points. 

That is an utterly false 
assumption. The Masters is 
snooker's longest-cunning tour¬ 
nament, the world champ¬ 
ionship apart, and js by 
in vitaiitm only to the game's top 
16 players. The 5-1 score was 
heavily backed by punters and 
prompted an investigation by 
the Betting Offices Licensees 
Association. 

This year the event offers 
£250,000 in prize money with 
£62,000 going to the winner 
tomorrow. More importantly, 
the Masters title is hekl in great 
esteem by those players fortu¬ 
nate enough to compete for it. 

Cliff Thorburn, who has won 
the Masters a record three times 
calls it “the big daddy" and 
Steve Davis, the defending 
1 champion, who is not going to 
the European Open, which be¬ 
gins in Deauville on Monday 
and carries ranking points, 
because he needs to recharge his 
batteries, never considered 


invitation to 


By Steve Acteson 

refusing his 
Wembley. 

Tbi very nervous over the 
tournament. I*m really quite 
upugh! to win it," the world 
champion said after beating 
Tony Knowles 5-0 to reach 
today's semi-finals. He tackles 
the Scot, Stephen Hendry, aged 
urhn k evmrif Davis's man- 


20, who is eyeing Davis's man¬ 
tles as world champion and 
world No. 1. 

Hendry, ranked fourth and 
steadily climbing, began the 
season eagerly expecting a series 
ofbead-to-head encounters with 
Davis but they have met only 
twice so far. Hendry, who is 
playing in his first Masters, 
losing in Canada but heavily 
beating Davis by 9-3 in the UK 
championship semi-finals. "Da¬ 
vis knows he's going to have a 
match on his hands,” Hendry 
said. 

Thorbum. meanwhile, man¬ 
aged a best break of only 27 as 
he fell 3-1 behind in bis quarter¬ 
final with Neal Foulds who had 
runs of67, 31. 35,40 and 46. 


RESULTS: Ouartar-enrts: N t_ 

toads C Thorsum (Cant. 3-1 . 
scores (Fouds (esq; IQS-?. 95-31,18-73, 
108-28. 


TODAY'S ORDER OF FLAY: Sand-Aorta 
(bestotii tames): ipncS Dots (Ena) vS 
Hendry (Scot). Ton K Fomas (Eng) or C 
TMnum tCent v J Panon (Eng) o> J Whoa 
(Eng). 


GOLF 




Beaver Creek Monotun and Vail Mountain, 
high in the Colorado Rockies, will provide 
the spectacular setting for the world ski 
championships. Beaver Creek, is 11,440 feet 
high, with the men’s downhill beg inning only 
470 feet from the summit. On Vail 


Europeans, who have never 
been accustomed to racing on 
North American terrain in 
January, will adapt to the 

different cKmarig rr mrirrinn<: 

For although coaches and 
technicians arrived here 
armed with a battery of 
information relating to tem¬ 
perature, humidity, snow tex¬ 
ture and wind readings, their 
relevance will be dubious to 
say the least, given that all 
previous World Cup events in 
Colorado have been held in 
late February or early March. 

Moreover, physical 
conditioning will be of im¬ 
mense importance. Va3 and 
the mountains which sur¬ 


round ft are situated at an 
extremely high altitude which 
is in stark contrast to the 
majority of European venues. 

Vail is 8,100 feet above sea 
level and the Centennial 
men’s downhill course takes 
off at 11,000 feet Althoug h 
not as chafiRng in g as might 
normally be exposed of a 
championship course, its 
length, 2.1 miles, wifi exact a 
fearsome toll on die human 
body. 

Vail is presently the arche¬ 
typal picture postcard resort, 
as blue skies and glorious 
sunshine illuminate the rug¬ 
ged splendour of the Colorado 
Rockies. 


Mou n t a i n , 11,250 feet high, the women’s 
downhill will begin at 10,387 feet The two 
sites are 10 miles apart. The men’s course is 
one of the longest in the world (3^442 
metres). It is not as challenging as hnfl been 
expected and is considered to be a “glider’s’’ 

There is, however, little else 
to enthuse about as the arti¬ 
ficial expansion of champion¬ 
ships for the benefit of 
sponsors and television ensure 
that four combination races 
and two rest days in the next 
week wifi hardly set pulses 
racing. 


course. The women also have a course which 
is regarded as advantageous for gliders, 
though it is very technical at the bottom. 
Although the Janizary average of snow is 
well down on normal, the courses are said to 
be in excellent condition. 


Lyle’s consistency 
gains recognition 


From John BaUantine, Monterey 


WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE 


Event 


Indeed, there are likely to be 
more fireworks at tomorrow 
evening’s opening ceremony 
than in the slalom section of 
the women’s combined event 
which opens the show at 
10am. It is to nobody's credit 
that the first champion will 
not be crowned until next 
Thursday. 


Data 
Januaiy 

Sun 29 women's comb slalom: first run 
jpcond run 

Mon 30 Men s comb slalom: first run 
Second run 

February 

Thu 2 Women's combined doumhB 
Men's combined downhB 
Men's downhill 
Women's downhB 
Women's slalom: feet run 
Second run 

Men's super giant slalom 
Women's super giant sfatom 
Men’s giant slalom: first run 
Second run 
Sat 11 Women's giant slalom: first rui 
Second nm 

Sun 12 Men’s slalom: first run 
Seoond run 


Fri 3 
Sat 4 
Sun 5 
Mon 6 


Tue7 
Wed 8 
Thu9 


Venue 

US time GMT 

Beaver Creek 10 l00 

17.00 


12-30 

1930 

Beaver Creek 10.00 

17.00 


1230 

1930 

VaH 

11.00 

18.00 

Beaver Creekl 1.00 

18.00 

Beaver CreskiiJX) 

1830 

VaR 

1330 

20.00 

Beaver Creekl 0.00 

17.00 


1230 

1930 

VaR 

11.00 

1830 

Vai 

11.00 

1830 

VaR 

1030 

17.00 


1230 

1930 

Vag 

1030 

1730 


1230 

1930 

VaR 

0930 

1630 


1230 

19.00 


As Sandy Lyle holed a 30-footer 
for a birdie two at golfs most 
famous short hole. Cypress 
Point's 231-yard 16th, here on 
Thursday, an elderly spectator 
from Oregon turned to his 
companion and said: "This 
fellow Lyle is in the money 
wherever be goes.” 

Remarks of this kind are 
becoming very common for 
Lyle has become such a fine and 
consistent striker that it seems 
just inconceivable that he can 
fail to qualify or win a big prize 
every week, barring some phys¬ 
ical ailment or sickness. 

In the opening round of the 
AT and T National Pro-Am. 
the Masters champion, who will 
be 31 early next moo lb, saun¬ 
tered around this difficult 
course as contentedly as might a 
Shropshire farmer surveying his 
1,000 acres, before hundir^ in 
one of his regular cards of 68. 

This, it is true, left him three 


strokes behind the surprise lead¬ 
er, the former USPGA cham¬ 
pion, Dove Stockton, now 47, 
but everyone who followed Lyle 
around Spyglass Hill yesterday 
was anticipating that the Scot 
would break par again. 

Lyle, with his natural swing, 
made scoring look so easy in the 
warm sunshine at Cypress 
Point He launched the ball vast 
distances down every fairway 
with either his driver or his I- 
iron. pitched the ball onto mosi 
greens, again with that absurd 
ease of a boy bom "with a club 
in his hands," and wrote down 
either a par or a birdie, depend¬ 
ing on whether he holed or 
missed his putts. 

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES (US 
unless stated) 65 DSudnon 68 N Price 
(SA). M O'Meara. 67 T Kte. i Cook. K 
Green. L dements. L Roberts 88: S Lyle 
(GBl 0 Oqnn, p Jacobean. T Simpson. T 
Schrto. Korean Otter Europeans 70 B 
Langes (WGl 71- H Ctoffc (GBl 72: A 
Forsbrand (Swa). 74 K Brown 75: N 
Faldo (GB). 


FOOTBALL: NON-LEAGUE VISITORS STAND BETWEEN FIRST-DIVISION HOSTS AND A PLACE IN THE FIFTH-ROUND DRAW OF THE FA CUP 

Neighbours ready 
to resume rivalry 


IN BRIEF 


Sutton dreaming again 
of brave men crying 


mt 


By Louise Taylor 


The parameters of fantasy and 
reality will become blurred at 
three o'clock this afternoon and 
nowhere more so than at 
Carrow Road and Selburst Park, 
where non-League visitors stand 
between first division hosts and 
coveted places in the draw for 
the fifth round of the FA Cup. 

Since disposing of Coventry 
City in the third round, the odds 
against Sutton United winning 
the FA Cup have shortened 
dramatically. "They are down 
from 2.000-1 to 500-1," a 
spokesman for Ladbrokes, the 
bookmakers, said. "We have 
never known support like this 
for a non-League dub to win the 
Cup and at the moment our 
liability on them stands at 
£500,000. If they bear Norwich 
City that could sooo be £1 
million." 

Barrie Williams. Sutton's elo¬ 
quent manager, knows it is a big 
if. "We are privileged to be 
playing at Norwich." he said. 
"Once again we have no chanceL 
Bui it's the Cup and sometimes 
on the day brave men suddenly 
cry. -." 

Lennie Lawrence, who is in 
charge at Charlton Athletic, may 
be a roaster of escapology when 
ii comes to averting demotion to 
ihe second division but he 
recognizes that coping with 
Kettering Town could prove 
equally stressful. “We are not 
taking any chances and have 



FA CUP 


prepared for the game as though 
Kettering were in the League. 
We must guard against them 
becoming giant-killers again." 

One man is so confident that 
David will slay Goliath at 
Selhurst that he has bet £1,000 
on it at 9-1. The health of his 
bank balance may depend on 
the manner in which the side 
from the GM VauxhaO Con¬ 
ference executes its set-pieces. 

Sutton's goals against Cov¬ 
entry originated from dead-ball 
situations and Micky Stephens, 
who was involved in both, said: 
"We already have a lot of free- 
kick and corner-kick moves up 
our sleeves and we have been 
practising a few new ones. Our 
set-piece moves give us a real 
chance." 

Wimbledon, past masters of 
such moves, return lo 
Birmingham, scene of their 
third-round success against 
City, to tackle Aston Villa, 
where the midfield contest be¬ 
tween Vrnny Jones and Gordon 
Cowans, the former England 
international, should add an 
intriguing element to their meet¬ 
ing with Aston Villa. 

There has been a 
aspect to the preparations 


Colin Harvey, the Everton man¬ 
ager, for his side’s visit to 
Plymouth Argyie. For the first 
Saturday since October 1985 be 
has a fully fit complement at his 
disposal. "It is the first rime 
since I took over as manager 
that I have had everyone avail¬ 
able,” he said “Jt is a rare 
luxury but a great position to be 
in. 1 would settle for selection 
problems like this every week." 

Manchester United expect a 
gate in excess of 50,000 for the 
visit of Oxford United. The 
second division visitors can take 
heart from the fact that recent 
history, at least, is on their side. 
Alex Ferguson’s first match in 
charge of United ended in a 2-0 
defeat at the Manor Ground 
where last season Oxford 
knocked his team out of the 
Littlewoods Cup in the fifth 
round 

Lou Macari played in three 
FA Cup finals during his days as 
a player at Old Trafford. Now 
manager of Swindon Town, he is 
relishing the prospect of the 
highly charged atmosphere gen¬ 
erated by a sell-out 20,000 
crowd willing the Wiltshire 
team to prick the West Ham 
United bubble. 

"Tm as excited about this 
game as 1 was for any of my 
finals," he said "There is no 
competition like the FA Cup. 
Don't ask me why, but there is 
certainly something extra spe¬ 
cial about it" 


Cascarino hopes to cut Jeffrey back 



Football for 
master players 


by Roddy Forsyth 


Liverpool down to size 

By Louise Taylor 


adding steel 
to rearguard 


• -l" - ■ '•'trfi 

Back to the front: McCoist returns for Rangers after injury October 


The Scottish Cup proper 
this afternoon when dubs 
the top two divisions participate 
for the first time. The most 
evenly balanced tie. at least in 
prospect, is at Dens Park where 
Dundee meet Dundee United in 
a municipal collision which the 
tournament has produced for 
the third year naming. 

In both previous meetings. 
United have emerged as the 
winners and, indeed, the 
Tannadice team proceeded to 
consecutive finals and defeats 
administered by St Mirren and 
Celtic respectively. For all 
United’s eventual domination 
of their neighbours the ties were 
closely contested but this after¬ 
noon it appears that Dundee’s 
threat may have lessened. 

The caretaker manager of 
Dundee, John Blackley, has 
injury problems, his principal 
concern being the forward, 
Coyne, who has a damaged 
ankle. Graham Harvey is doubt¬ 
ful with a groin strain and the 
former Dundee United defend¬ 
er. Holt, may not start. United 
have a foil squad from which to 
choose. 

Rangers were dismissed on 
their first outing last season by 
Dunfermline and by Hamilton 
two years ago- Today they travel 
to Kirkcaldy where Raitb 
Rerers are their hosts. Despite 
the return of Chris Woods in 
goal during the indoor sixes 
competition in Glasgow last 
weekend. Walker will almost 
certainly continue in goaL 
The principal scorer for Rang¬ 
ers, Ally McCoist, begins his 
first foil game since a knee 
injury put him out of action in 
and with Richard 


Gough again suspended. Gary 
Stevens seems likely to partner 
Butcher in central defence. 


Celtic endured a surprising 
alarm at home last year when 
they could only score one goal 
against Stranraer, who missed a 
penalty kick. Accordingly. Dum¬ 
barton will be treated cautiously 
today and the home squad will 
be reinforced by the return of 
the midfield player, Billy Stark, 
who is restored to fitness. 
Aberdeen must make a hazard¬ 
ous journey lo East End Park 
where their supporters will be 
outnumbered in the capacity 
crowd by those of Dunfermline, 
whose manager, Jim Leishman. 
intends to use this week’s 
celebrations of the birth of 
Robert Burns to inspire his team 
talk. He will be assisted by the 
restoration of Mark Smith while 
Aberdeen can call on the ser¬ 
vices of their influential and 
experienced captain. Willie 
Miller, now recovered from a 
knee operation. Dodds and 
Nicholas will form the forward 
partnership. 


At Tynecasile. Heart of Mid¬ 
lothian and Ayr United meet in 
another of the day’s more 
interesting ties. If Hearts' season 
has been uninspired they re¬ 
main a steady side while United 
are, by the admission of their 
manager. Ally McLeod, 
mercuriaL 


• The Newcastle United mid¬ 
field player, Albert Craig, for¬ 
merly of Hamilton 
Academicals, has joined third 
division Northampton Town on 
a month's loan. 


British football stars of the past 
can revive former glories in the 
firat European Championships 
for master players later this 
summer. 

The eight-nation over-35 
tournament, sponsored by 
TNT, will be staged as pan of 
the World Masters Games in 
Denmark during July and 
August 

Bournemouth the 
setting for rally 

Bournemouth is the setting for 
the only top-class motor rally to 
be staged in the South of 
England this year, and 160 crews 
will contest the Mazda winter 
rally tomorrow. David Met¬ 
calfe. the Kendal garage owner 
in a Vauxhall Astra, and Cotin 
McRae, son of the British 
champion, should set ihe pace. 

Walsh steps down 

Pebble Beach (Reuter) — Bill 
Walsh stepped down as bead 
coach of the San Francisco 49ers 
on Thursday, four days after 
leading the team he joined in 
1979 to its third Super Bow] 
championship of the decade. 

Harwood record 

Melbourne (AFP) - Mike 
Harwood, of Australia, broke 
the course record in a round of 
67, six under par, yesterday to 
join Simon Owen, of New 
Zealand, and Peter Senior, of 
Australia, in the lead at the 
halfway mark in the $38,000 
Australian PGA Championship 

Slack funeral date 

The funeral of Wilf Slack, the 
Middlesex cricketer, will be at 
Kensington Temple. Kensing¬ 
ton Park Road, London, at 
10am next Friday. 


Foreman again 


WEEKEND TEAM NEWS 


Liverpool may be the book¬ 
makers’ favourites to win the 
FA Cup, yet they must firat 
survive a potentially fiery bap¬ 
tism in the Lions' Den tomor¬ 
row. A capacity crowd of25,000 
and a BBC television audience 
of millions will watch the men 
from Anfield attempting to kick 
sand in MiliwaU's faces on their 
first visit to the Den. Indeed, it 
will be only the third senior 
meeting between the clubs. 

The first was in 1896 and the 
second, last November, resulted 
in a 1-1 league draw. Liverpool 
will harbour no illusions that 
tomorrow will prove any easier. 
Tony Cascarino, the Mill wall 
forward, is confident that his 
team will be equally disrespect¬ 
ful of Liverpool under cup 
conditions. 

There is no danger of us 
being overawed by feeing 
them." be said- "We didn’t feel 
intimidated when we went 
there — indeed it is often said 
that coming to the Den frightens 
a lot of teams." 

Cascarino is a prime example 
of the aura of superstition that 
frequently shrouds the cup 
preparations of professional 
footballers. "I have decided to 
have a hair-cut before every 
cup-tie just for luck," he ex¬ 
plained. "it worked in the last 
round against La ton when I had 


a good trim. Now there is not a 
lot more to cm o£fbut if it comes 
toil I will be delighted to run out 
at Wembley completely bald." 
Cascarino, it should be said, is a 
former hairdresser. 

Liverpool hope their defence 
will be bolstered by the return of 
Gillespie, who has not played a 
senior game for three months 
since undergoing a knee opera¬ 
tion. and Venison, following 
hamstring trouble. However 
Stephenson, who penetrated the 
Liverpool rearguard with 
MiD wall's goal on his debut at 
Anfield, could be missing from 
the Milhvall team due to the 
impressive form of Carter. 

The Mill wail midfield battle¬ 
ground win be reinforced by the 
return of Briley after suspension 
and he should resume his 
porternship with Hurfock, who 
is expected to shrug off a groin 
strain. 

Mill wall made their live tele¬ 
vision debut in front of ITV 
cameras last week and, if the 
entertainment value tomorrow 
equals that of the meeting with 
Norwich City. BBC executives 
will be amply satisifed with their 
choice of venue. 

HXXS BETTWft B-Z Lira rpoofc 5-1: 
M M ChMwr tinted B-1; Eranon, NoQtng- 
ftam Forest 8-1: NorvfcWlOly; 16-1: Aston 
VSa; 20-1: Derby GoinK 25-1: West Ham 
United, MmMtfOn; 28-1; Chariton Ath¬ 
letic. Hinrlmtor Cgy, MMwa* 50-1: tm. 


David Jeffrey and George 
O’Boyle are set to return after 
injury to the LinfiaM team for 
today’s fourth-round Irish Cup 
match against Coleraine at the 
Showgrounds (George Ace 
writes). 

Jeffrey, the team captain, a 
commanding presence along 
with Lindsay McKeown at the 
bean of the defence, will add 
steel to the linfi etd rearguard 
white O’Boyle, on a season’s 
loan from Bordeaux, is the 
scourge of local defences. He has 
been persistently mentioned asa 
possible choice by Bingham for 
his World Cup squad for the 
return game with Spain at 
Windsor Park next month. 

Coleraine, twice conquerors 
ofLinfield in the Cup in the past 
three seasons, select from a fiill- 
strengtb squad. 

... one of 18 junior 

dubs in action, will stir mem¬ 
ories in their tie with Gtenaron 
at Mouraeview Park. In 1955 
Dundela beat them 3-0 in the 
final to provide the biggest 
shock, in Irish Cup history. 
Glens von then had such stal¬ 
warts as Wilbur Cush, Johnny 
Denver, Jimmy Jones and Stew¬ 
art CampbelL 

• David O’Leary has been re¬ 
called to the Republic of Ireland 
squad for the friendly inter¬ 
national France at 

Dalymount Park on Fefcrruaiy 7. 


Aston Villa v Wimbledon 
Prioe and Cowans fees late 
fitness tests on hamstring iriuries 
for VHa hut Evans returns to 

suspension. 


Hartlepool v Bonrnm'th 

Hobbsi 


s (hamstring) and Toman 
I face fitness tests for 



Blackburn v Shelf Wed 
Kennedy (ankle), Gamer (groin) 
and Hendry (knee) are afl doubtful 
for Blackburn so Diamond 
stands by. Ainscow, Dawson and 
Reid are definitely ruled out 
Hirst rattans for Wednesday. 


I Out Baker w* play 
j recovery from a bade 
injury. Bournemouth have 
doubts about Bond, Brooks, Pufis 
and Aytott. 


are 


Man Utd v Oxford 

Manchester United era 
expected to field the side which 
beat OPR In a third round 
replay. Foyle (neck) feces a fitness 
cheek for Oxford. 


Bradford vHttO 
Ormondroyd is expected to 
have recovered from an ankle Injury 
in time to take Ns place In the 
Bradford attack. 


Brentford v Man City 
Brantford are flkely to be 
unchanged. Dtobfe plays for City 

despite an eye Infection out 
MouWen (knee) and Lake (ankle) 
face we fitness tests. 


Norwich v Sutton 

Rosario (thigh strain) is doubtful 
for Nonmen. Allan is poised to 
deputize and Taytot w added to 
the squad. Sutton Held the side 
which oeai Coventry xi me thud 
round. 


Noft'm Forest v Leeds 


Crosby (knee) is doubtfri tor 
Forest. Walker has recovered bom 


Charlton v Kettering 

Chariton name a 15-man squad 
Including Jones, who has been out 
of action for two months with 
snide trouble. Kettering have 
named a 15-man i 


a 


strain and corid be a 
Adewcod (fractured 
knuckle) is absent tor Leeds so 
Batty deputizes. Adams replaces 
for Whitlow, wno is cup-bed. 


Grimsby ▼ Reading 
Grimsby should be unchanged. 
Frantdin (knee) and Tot (aerates 
tendon) ere due to take lata 
fitness checks for Reeding. 
Whitlock. Jones, and Wffltems 
have been passed BL 

f 


Plymouth v Everton 
Brown has compteted a 
landreh 


suspension and returns for 
Plymouth at Rowbotham's 
expense. Canpoetl and Ma tthew s 
are the substitutes. Sharpe, 

Reid and Steven are a!) avaSaWe 
for Everton who select from a 
fufly fit squad for the first fene since 
October 1»6. 


Sheff Utd v Colchester 

Deane returns to the United 
attack after suspension but 
Stancfifte (hamstring) faces a 
late fitness test Cotehestar are 
without Kelly, who has returned 
to Shrewsbury, and Ta ' 
tied): Radford and Bed 
the Bkely replacements. 

Stoke v Barnsley 
Parkin, of Stoke, win be missing 
with a groin Injury. Stoke wfl! make 
a late choice between Fbrd and 
Ware at right-back. Higgins has 
been passed fit Barnsley are 
Injury-free. 

Swindon t West Ham 

Illness, injury and suspension 
mean that Swindon are deprived of 
Shearer. Whne. King and 
Barnes. Hoekaday (hamstring) and 
Parkin (ankle) lace fitness tests, 
txekons (arttfo) wn have a tats 
check for west Ham. 

Watford v Derby 

Watford are unchanged. 

Goddard is expected to return to 
the Derby attack folkwring an 
ankle injury but Sage (knee) fcs 
doubtful and Wright is 
suspended. Callaghan (cam faces a 

late fitness test 
Tomorrow 
Millwal! v Liverpool 
Britey returns from suspension 
to replace Morgan In the MiRwafl 
midfield where Hurfock is 
expected to play. Carter is 
expected to be preferred to 

Stephenson on the right wing. 
Venison and Gitosoie could 
return for Liverpool following injury. 


England team 
running on a 
tight schedule 


Rochester (AP) - Former world 
heavyweight champion George 
Foreman slopped Mark Young 
venth 


Tony Jennings, the manager of 
the England semi-professional 
team, is experiencing this week 
the anxieties that Bobby Robson 
goes through before every inter¬ 
national (Paul Newman writes). 

Jennings, in charge for the 
first time after the resignation of 
Kevin Verity last year, goes into 
a match against Italy at La 
Spezia tomorrow having already 
tost three of his squad and 
knowing that injuries in club 
matches today could further 
deplete his party. 

Ragland's preparations for 
their first international this 
season will be tar from ideal. 
The team will assemble tonight, 
fly to Pisa tomorrow morning, 
and take the field in the evening. 
In these difficult circumstances 
Jennings has opted for all the 
experience available and will 
ficid a side whose greatest 
strength seems to be in attack. 


ENGLAND SQUAD: A Pap* (EntteM), M 
Bam wr (Maidstone Unded). P ShbrWl 
(Bosun tinted), P Densmore (Runcorn), 
□ Hama (EnMHf. M GaOey (Mudstone 
A La* Fetorf tinted). M Lake 
), A Joseph (Tetord United). 


9 BmetoK (KWtermaTster Hamere), S 
Brook* (Cheltenham), p Shearer 


(Cheltenham), S Buttef (Mrtdwne 
LWag^POartee (UOttorirtMtor Ham- 


eral.fi Cater (Runcorn). 


at Itnin 47sec of the seven! 
round Thursday night. 

Games venae delay 

The venue of this year's World 
Student Games will be an¬ 
nounced on Monday, according 
to the International Student 
Sports Federation (FISU). A 
decision had been expected 
yesterday after Brazil's eco¬ 
nomic problems jeopardized 
SRo Paulo's ability to host the 
games. 

Drug test warning 

Singapore (Reuter) — Athletes 
could be drug-tested anywhere 
at any time under stringent new 
rules discussed by the Inter¬ 
national Amateur Athletic 
Federation (lAAf) council yes- 
today. 

Tennis clincher 

Ray Ramon, from Sheffield, 
and bis son Paul, aged 20, 
missed four match points before 
beating John and Nick Adams, 
of BiUericay, 7-6, 4-6 7-5 in the 
final of the Remington father 
and son tennis champio nshi p ai 
La Manga, Spain, yesterday. But 
Janice Wain wright and her 
daughter Tam sin, aged 14, of 
Birmingham, saved a match 
point before beating Avril and 
Caroline Petthey, of Loughum, 
5-7. 7-6, 6-2 in the final of the 
mother and daughter 
championship. 



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48 SPORT 


THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


rugby union: holders of English anp welsh cups face tricky away ties j Little room for fruition in this noisy arena 


Harlequins assured 
of hot reception 
at Webb Ellis Road 


Welsh get 
down to 
nitty-gritty 
of Cup 


By David Hands 


By David Hands, Ragby O nT wp ond ct 
It is a romantic thought that wrong to assume Rugby axe a will 

forward-based side. Successes 


the draw for today’s third 
round of the Pilkmgton Cup 
has taken Harlequins, one of 
the founder members of the 
Rugby Football Union, to 
Rugby, the birthplace of the 
game. That, however, is as for 
as romanticism goes, since 
Webb Ellis Road this after¬ 
noon will be no place for foint 
hearts. 

It is foir to say that Harle¬ 
quins have at no stage this 
season produced the form that 
swept them to success in the 
cup last season. At the same 
time Rugby’s organization has 
taken them past two poten¬ 
tially awkward opponents in 
Vale of Lime and West Hartle¬ 
pool, as well as to joint-second 
place in the third division of 
the Courage Clubs Champ¬ 
ionship, so their confidence is 
high. 

Moreover, they are led by 
Steve Brain, that un¬ 
compromising former Eng¬ 
land hooker who, at 34, has 
collected a few nuggets of 
experience along the way. “It’s 
nice to get back to a big- 
occasion game," he said yes¬ 
terday. "It’ll be a chance to 
remind a few people I'm not 
dead yet and to show that we, 
as a side, are geared for this 
sort of match." 

Although Brain has a for¬ 
mer hooker, Andy Johnson, as 
club coach it would be quite 


such as that recently against 
Nottingham have been 
founded on all-round ability, 
including that of their high- 
scoring wing, Eddie Saunders, 
and the g oal kicking of Chris 
Howard. 

Saunders, formerly of Cov¬ 
entry, scored 39 tries last 
season and has 16 this; How¬ 
ard, who broke the club’s 
points record last season, has 
already garnered over 250 
points, including 12 tries. 
Both have been assisted by the 
skill of Palmer at centre and 
the maturity of Pell as a 
playmaker at stand-off half 

In addition Rugby are able 
to welcome back another old 
head today in Malik, whose 
playing reputation was made 
in Coventry but whose reviv¬ 
alist talents have been placed 
entirely at Rugby’s disposal, 
as flank forward and as 
administ rator. Malik was in¬ 
jured against Nuneaton in 
October and this will be his 
first foil game back; the same 
match removed Dodson from 
contention at lull back and 
Brain himself hurt a knee. 

"We're concentrating on 
playing it our way rather than 
worrying about what Harle¬ 
quins might do," Brain said. 
“They have proved vulner¬ 
able in early rounds of the cup 
before and possibly this match 


not mean as much to 
some of them as it does to our 
lads. Having said that we are 
hoping they don’t decide to gel 
on Saturday.” 

The two clubs met on a 
divisional day last mouth 
when Harlequins won 13-9. 
Only three of their players 
remain from that day, Davis 
(wing), Luxton (scrum hall) 
and David Thresher (No. 8 % 
They wdl field five inter¬ 
nationals, including Carling, 
the England captain, and two 
current England replace¬ 
ments, all of whom will know 
they have been in a match 
when they gather tomorrow 
for training with the defence of 
that other cap — the one from 
Calcutta—in mind. 

Elsewhere in the Pillrington 
Cup there will be widespread 
interest in Aspabh's attempt 
to reach Monday’s fourth- 
round draw at Moseley's ex¬ 
pense, and the efforts of Berry 
HUI to lift another exiled scalp 
at London Irish. 

Bath, fresh from their mid¬ 
winter break in Lanzaiote, 
may be close to the com¬ 
petition’s record score (87-3 
by Gloucester against Exeter 
three years ago) when they 
meet Oxford while Hare re¬ 
quires only two points in 
Leicester’s game at Liverpool/ 
St Helens to pass 500 in the 
cup. 


Hereford try to be unbowed 


There are two dubs in today’s 
third round of the Pilkinglon 
Cup who have never lost in the 
knockout competition: forget 
your Baths and Leicester*, con¬ 
centrate instead upon Brixham, 
who welcome Gloucester on a 
visit to the seaside which will be 
no picnic, and Hereford, who 
play host to the sturdy folk from 
Tynedale. 

Granted this is Brixham’s first 
season in the cup, so “played 
two" (Okehampton and Old 
Culverfaaysians), “won two" 
does not represent giant-lrilling 
on the grand scale. Hereford, 
though they were dispatched 
from the first round in 1980, lost 
the game only on the com¬ 
petition roles: they drew 15-15 
with Walsall who went through 
as the away side. 

Hereford’s return to the cup 
this season has produced vic¬ 
tories over Leighton Buzzard 
and Widnes and, for the third 
time, the draw has given them 
the advantage of their own 
Wyeside ground. 

Moreover they know pre¬ 
cisely what to expect from 
Tynedale: Adrian Whitfield, 


By David Hands 

their chairman of rugby, 
propped for the North-east dub, 
whose front five posed tremen¬ 
dous problems for Coventry in 
the cup last season before going 
out by one point. 

Hereford’s success bas created 
an unexpected buzz in the 
cathedral city. John Butler, the 
secretary, confesses that his club 

— there are only five rugby dubs 
in Herefordshire — occupies 
something of a rugby no man’s 
land, where the main allegian ce 
is tofootbalL 

None the less they are only 24 
miles from Berry Hill — the 
Gloucestershire dub who have 
defeated London Welsh in 
successive seasons and now 
meet the exiles of London Irish 

— and the hard-beaded Forest of 
Dean dubs. 

The quality of Hereford’s 
fixtures has improved this sea¬ 
son, too. after their promotion 
to Midlands division one of the 
Courage Clubs Championship, 
in which they lie joint second 
behind WalsaJL They have won 
17 of their 24 matches and 
anticipate a four-figure crowd 


to m orro w , having had inquiries 
about the game from many 
people outside their immediate 
catchment area. 

They are fortunate in the 
support they get from the 
Bishop of Hereford’s Blue Coat 
School, Ayl estone School and 
Hereford Cathedral School, 
whose best-known rugby inhab¬ 
itant was the present Welsh 
capmjn. Paul Thorburo. 

This has enabled them, over 
the last year, to create a thriving 
youth section alongside their 
three senior teams and colts XV. 

Tynedale are noted for the 
number of fanners in their side 
but in that respect also, Here¬ 
ford are not badly off The best 
known of the four farmers in 
their XV is probably John 
Watkins, a former captain and 
one of those rarities — a goal- 
kicking lode forward. 

Two years ago Watkins estab¬ 
lished a dub record of 414 
points in a season—in the same 
year David Rogers scored 37 
tries from the wing and has 
maintained his good form. A 
few more of the same tomorrow 
would not come amiss. 


The m litterings about the 
achievements — or absence of 
tbem — of the national XV may 
Continue off the field today but 
the players themselves can get 
hade to the nitty-gritty by 
immersing themselves in the 
fifth round of the Schweppes 
Welsh Cupl 

Well, most can, but Lanrance 
Delaney is not among them. The 
Llanelli tight-head prop, who 
was named on Thursday for his 
first cap — against Ireland next 
Saturday — is taking the tra¬ 
ditional weekend off and nriffe* 
the Cup-holders’ visit to Ponty¬ 
pridd, which wfi| be a dis¬ 
appointment to him since it 
promises to be an outs tanding 
match. 

This, above all, wiB be the test 
of everjdhing Pontypridd have 
done tins season to drag them¬ 
selves into the top four dubs in 

Wales, and also to jn dkwte that 
maybe they, too, have players 
worthy of higher honours. Few 
would dispute Lbmdlf $ pos¬ 
ition. as the ei«ih in the 

country after their of 

Neath earlier this month, nor 
that they have other pla 
challenging for caps — s uri 
the back-row Jones’s, I wan and 
Gary. 

Ieuan Evans, who mi««t the 
defeat by Scotland, win play on 
Llanelli’s wing to pi 

his recovery from a hw* in, 
if be is to take his against 

Ireland. His examination will be 
co ndu c ted by Justin Robins: 
selected by Pontypridd ahead 
Edwin Ford. 

Newport’s Cup tie with 
Newbridge at Rodney Parade 
will allow the valley dub to 
indicate their advance as the 
most successful of the Gwent 
dubs this season. Their task 
may be made easier by the 
a hy -nrv» of Jonathan CaUara, 
Newport fid! back who is not 
ready to play after an explor¬ 
atory operation on his* lame a 
fortnight ago. 

His place is occupied by Phil 
Stede and the goal-mddng Gary 
Abraham moves to cent re — 
where he plays for Polytechnic 
of Wales — which permits the 
inclusion at stand-off of David 
Phillips. 

Perhaps the best hope of an 
upset to a senior dub comes 
with Llanhaxan's home lie with 
South Wales Police who, though 
they field five internationals — 
four of tbem among the for¬ 
wards — have been unconvinc¬ 
ing this season and have dedded 
to drop Andrew Hughes, their 
leading try-scorer. 

Two dubs who, in other 
seasons, might still have ex¬ 
pected to be in their respective 
Cup competitions, meet to 
commiserate at St Helen’s: 
Swansea play London Welsh, 
who field Mike Lewis at stand¬ 
off He made his debut against 
Neath last week and has con¬ 
firmed his hopes of Joining the 
Exiles, which will give them a 
proven goalkicker at a time 
wben they most need one. Lewis 
bolds the Aberavon record of 
points in a season, with 306 six 
years ago. 



BASKETBALL 

EBBA to 
rule on 
abandoned 
cup-tie 


By Julian Desborongh 

ThB scenes that ’■«* . 

SW the interval of the Cora 
Cola National Cup quarter-final. 
Jn Derbv on Thursday are 

Mother blow to the image of tee 


Bafi- 


SP 7Tie English Basket 
Assertion (EBBA1 Mil 
££puo repair tec dunac;man - 
emergence meeting on Monday 

biding a* 9 -™* 1 t 

unfinished cup-ne in Jwrf; V 
one of *e competing side* tee • 

Hemel and Watford Royals or; 

tee Derby Rams. . 

The incident started when*- 
Mike Hcnderaon, who was on 
court for Derby although wtt. 
ineligible, appeared to take a- ... 
Snog at tee Watford pbjw; ... 
Son Noel, after the buzzer for 
half-time had sounded, with tec ■ 
Hertfordshire visitors fcada« : 
43-37 The scuffle es calated , 
with players from bote sides 
involved before officials re- 
stored order and bote teams: - 


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At a stretch: Dell Harris has his reach measured before the squash challenge on Thursday 


Harris loses golden chance 
to dethrone the champion 


headed for tee dressing rooms. 

As no immediate action was 
taken against Henderson by the 
referees, the Hemel coach, 
David Titmuss, refused to con¬ 
tinue because Henderson was- 
ineligible. Henderson was sub-, 
sequentiy dismissed from the 
game by the referees but foe~ 
Heroei and Watford team still 
refused to re-appear. . 

David Morgan, tee Derby 
promoter, admitted tee Rams . 
had no case for Henderson, 
claiming the club played him to 
mnifff the game more compet¬ 
itive for the home supporters. 

Morgan said: "We will daim 
the result and lodge a protest 
that their .American centre,- 
Darryl Thomas, was also ineli¬ 
gible to play because he was 
signed after November I. Our' 

directors and coach. Clarence 
Wiggins, will decide disci¬ 
plinary action on Henderson.” 

Titmuss said that he foul 
cleared Thomas’s eligibility 
with the EBBA two days prior 
to the game. 


HOCKEY 


By Colin McQuillan 


TODAY'S TEAM NEWS 


Aspatria v Moseley 

Aspatria have Harrison, a 
converted scrum half. at stand-off 
to partner Doggart against a 
Moseley team reinforced In the 
front row by the presence of 
Linnett (prop) and Bateor (hooker}. 

Bath r Oxford 
Bath field 11 internationals 
against newcomers to the third 
round In Oxford, whose 
captain, Davies, has recovered 

from Injury 

Gosforth v Wakefield 
Gosforth. having overcome 
injury problems, have Curry. 

Moffett end Parker back In the 
front row. WatefWd ptay Joyce at 
lock, since CXnrUngham Is clo¬ 
tted, btxJ Cowling partners Bariev at 
centre. 

Havant v Exeter 

Havant are at foil strength. 

Moody having settled at flanker In 
pteca of the injured Smith. 

Exeter have benefited from foe 
pres ence on the wing of 
HosMns. 

London Irish v Berry H3I 

Whittle returns to the Irish back 
row and MacNeli to the wing but 
Multan, the leading scorer, is 
doubtful with a neck Injury. 

Richards (scram half) has 
recovered from illness to play lor 
Berry HW. 

Lon Scottish v Saracens 

Exeter, formerly of Moseley, 


Bedford v Nottingham 

Orwin returns for Bedford, who 
play Niven at ful beck and Vaudfei 
m trie centre. Nottingham have 
Gray, their Sootentfiock, avaistte 
and prefer Hancock at scrum 
half In partnership with Sutton. h» 
Cambridge ooBeagua. 


Brixham clash will 
be a tin hat affair 


When the £40,000 Olympic 
Gold Squash Rackets Challenge 
series between Del Harris, the 
British No. L and Jahangir 
Pun, tli* world champion, fi¬ 
nally hit tee road at Woking on 
Thursday evening, traditional¬ 
ists might have been forgives for 
as sumi ng they twin mistakenly 
wandered off the M3 into a 
circus boxing booth. 

in place of the calm, track- 
suited, near-anoninrity with 
winch even the world’s best in 
this d emanding sport normally 
approach the coint, the pre- 
match scene was one of fanfhires, 
multi-coloured dressing gowns, 
stripdovm weigh-ins and pa¬ 
tently manufactured verbal 
abuse. One half-expected to run 
across a ample of Mills Broth¬ 
ers, or at least Freddie of the 
same d»n 

This was the first of a 10- 
match travelling series, repeat¬ 
edly delayed and rescheduled 
over the past two months dne to 
viral infections contracted by 
both combatants. They move on 
through Ilkeston, Sheffield, 
Harrogate and Durham over the 
weekend, break for tournameot 


commitments hi Edinburgh an ** 
Toronto, then pick up again with 
Norwich, Ipswich, London, 
Pl ym out h and Bristol over five 
days next month. 

The organization behind the 
event is obviously significant 
but, by Woking’s indications, 
not yet comprehensive. Careless 
reading of the scales on Thurs¬ 
day bad Harris announced at a 
metric fighting weight which 
converted to something over 
19st, with the worid champion 
only a few pounds lighter. 

When the ballyhoo was finally 
abandoned and the players took 
to a floodlit show c o u rt already 
overheated by a sweaty, capacity 
crow d of more than 400, it was 
realized that nobody had 
remembered to bring a balLFjve 
minutes of frantic searching 
produced a slightly worn and 
very bouncy training ball from 
the depths of a coaching bag. 

Harris might have pre f e r red 
to continue with the bnfld-up. It 
took Jahangir 18 minutes to 
work bis way out of unusually 
error-strewn difficulties in the 
first game and then just half an 


hour to demoHsh the nervous 
British No. 1 over the next two 
games, to win 15-12,15-9, 15-5 
under the new American scoring 
system adopted for professional 
squash. 

Satisfied that he survived 
first-night jitters without total 
disgrace. Hams was confident 
afterwards of gaming a fair 
share of the prize money by tee 
time they reach Bristol next 
month. But he may never have a 
better chance to knock the 
champ out cold than that offered 
briefly at Woking, when the 
m a tch stood poised at 12-12 in 
the first game. 

• Surrey and Essex will try to 
end a nor th ern dominance when 
the finals of the Inter County 
squash championship get under¬ 
way at the South Maiston 
Country Club, Swindon, this 
weekend. Surrey tackle hot 
favourites Yorkshire, led by tee 
Scottish International, Mark 
McLean, and backed by British 
Under-19 champion, Simon 
Parke, in tee first semi-final 
with Essex matched against 
Lancashire. 


England’s 

bright 

beginning 

From Sydney Frisian 


-* *’r 


By Peter Bills 


Blackbeath v Waterloo 
Parker, their tonfttg scorer, 
returns at ful bock for Btocfcheafh 
who are without Rutter (prop) 
but have Watson at lock. Waterloo 
are at strength, with AHcMson 


(stand-off), Peters (prop) and 
Hacked (hooker) available. 


L*pool Si H ▼ Leicester 
Liverpool move Hamer to 
centra and O'Orlscofl pteys Na 8. 
Atom moving to flanker. 

Leicester replace Tony Underwood 
with Rory, his brother, and 
ter Thacker (hooker) and 
■in the front row. 


Richmond v North'ton 

Rydon plays In Richmond's 

centra with Cooper back et lock 

attar a teg Injury. Northampton 

pby Rooter at lock but are whhout 
Packman, their leading wing; 


Ws replacement wU be 
today. 


jatfufl back and 
Glasgow stand-off. Saracens haw 
Sucraon (centre) and Kennedy 
(wing) recovered from (Kness and 


Rosslyn P v Plymouth A 
Park play Henderson and 
Gilchrist (hooker) to their front row 
and Brooks (Na B)has 

recovered from an efoow injury. 
Plymouth play Gibbs (wing) and 
Davies (prop) for the injured 


Bristol v Orrell 
Mann hooks for Bristol because 
palmer has broken two fingers mid 
Painter plays centre. Orrefl 
prefer HalsaH Owing) to ap Dafydd 
and play Breariey with the kt- 
tomj Kknmine at lock. 


Wasps y Durham City 
WSsps have Probyn avaHabte In 
the front row and pair Lozowsfd 
and Simms at centre. Nicholson 
is back to captain Durham from 
lock and Hannas (centre) has 
recovered from a damaged 
hamstring. 


To paraphrase tee children’s 
story, IS you go down to the West 
today yoa are sure to need a tin 
hat Part of the in t rinsi c charm 
of tee English Cop, sponsored 
this season by Pilktogton, is the 
potential meeting of local rivals 
as well as junior and senior 
chih& Brixham against Glouces¬ 
ter today offers a match which 
fulfills both criteria. 

It also promises to be a tin hat 
nffitir given tee run bastions 
style of rugby for which both 
dobs are famous. 

Brixham, of the South West 
League division two, against 
Gloucester, in the top three of 
the national firet division, seems 
on the foce of it si mismatch. 

But n quiet word in the ear of 
the Gloucester men by Bath, 
their West Country rivals, 
should have dispelled each na- 
Ivety well before tee Gloacfaester 
coach arrives at the junior club's 
Asdey Park ground tomorrow. 

Bath paid a visit during the 
third year of their John Player 
Cup-wanting era and received 
some nasty cum-uppance in the 
fonn of a 9-6 defeat. 

“They were lucky to get six, 
too," Robert Houston, the sec¬ 
retary, said. “They only scored 
in injury time when Che match 
was safe." 

Thus even a cap victory over 
Gloucester might not match that 
feat. “I think yon could say," 
Houston added, “teat it was our 
best result ever. Bate had the 
esual sort of side osfc eight 
internationals and numerous 
c o unty players. They seemed a 


bit surprised afterwards." 

Other chapters in the 
Brixham story have been less 
glorious. In 1984, after com- 
pfarints by other elites of rough 
play, Brixham were gi ven four 
weeks* su s p ens i o n. 

But Dave Wiggins, the coach 
and a man qualified to inject 
some discipline because be sued 
to coach the Army, took ovre and 
attempted to channel 
ways in to more constructive 
pursuits. 

“This is now my fourth! 
and only two players have been 
sent off in that time. The 
problem was players were not fit 
enough aad did not know enough 
about the game. Part of my brief 
was to sort out tee discipline and 
that has been achieved. 

“We are a robust aide and tee 
rugby here is not for the faint 
hearted. But there is a difference 
between teat aad fete pby/ 

Toagh it certainly is as 
oastrated by events at tee first 
scram of a recent Devon Cop 
match when Brixham hooker 
Richard’ Hogan collapsed in a 
heap with a broken nose and 
severe coocnssioa. 

Wiggins feds Ms men have 
been intimidated because others, 
aware of Brixham’s reputation, 
have sought to exploit iLBut 
Gloucester are hard esoe 
themselves not to indulge in 

SOCh » . 

A robust, red Hooded cap tie 
is forecast by Wiggins. They 
should erect the signs bow. 
“hard hat area: to be worn at all 


ATHLETICS 


Tuns tall runs to the rescue 


By Pat Butcher, Athletics Correspondent 
It used to be the cavalry that adapt to indoor r unning, i- n tfr e 
galloped to the rescue of en- absence of the much awaited 
circled comrades. The modern fpatrb between Linford Chris- 


version is the former French 
Foreign Legionnaire, Steve 
Tunstall, who has been called up 
for the national indoor match in 
Glasgow today, sponsored by 
Dairy Crest 

Tunstall was due to ran in the 
more familiar surroundings of 
muddy fields, in the inter- 
counties crosscountry at Derby. 
But he was persuaded to make 
his indoor debut, since Adrian 
Passey, the British No. 1 at 
3,000 metres, has a cokL 

Tunstall has invigorated the 
British cross-country scene this 
winter, following his return 
from five years in the Legion, 
He has little track experience, 
even outdoors. But his slight, 
yet muscular frame could well 


tie, who is injured, and Michael 
Rosswess in the 60 metres, 
Tunstall’s should be the most 
fascinating race of the after¬ 
noon. Not that the West Ger¬ 
man opposition looks as if it is 
going to be too testing. 

Dilys Powell, the doyenne of 
post-war British film criticism, 
once wrote that she was often so 
confused when asked 
immediately about a new film 
that she hid behind the anodyne 
response: “interesting". 

The British team manage¬ 
ment yesterday described the 
German team as, “interesting". 
But the team was not so much 
anodyne as anonymous. Apart 
from Klaus-Peter Just, who 
once chased home Todd Ben¬ 


nett in the tetter's European 
indoor 400 roetres-title win in 
1985, and Gaby Lesch, who won 
the European indoor 800 metres 
bronze last year, the rest are 
virtually unknown. 

Tunstall and Colin Walker 
line up against Frank Biallucb 
and Raff Datum en. The rest of 
the visitors, only one of whom 
went to the Olympic Games, 
should not pose any great 
problem to either the British 
men or women in the match. 

Christie is replaced by Ernie 
Obeng in the 60 metres. John 
Regis, another casualty in train¬ 
ing two nights ago, is replaced by 
Ade Mafe, who, after four years 
in the athletics wilderness 
following the 1984 Olympic 
fina l, is training well again. He 
has left his former coach and 
joined Ron Roddan, Christie’s 
coach. 


Orense 

Hundreds of scfaoofchfldren left, 
tear classrooms here yesterday^ 
morning to encourage Spain, the 
holders, in the European junior - 
indoor championships. Bui not’* 
a few, later in the day, were., 
shouting “Jngteterra" as Eng- - 
land achieved a 5-3 victory over- 
Italy in Group BL 
England and Italy began with 
a struggle for possession, fol¬ 
lowed by the usual sliding of the 
ball along the side boards and a 
quick, interception. Within . 
seven minutes Garcia scooped . 
tee ball into the net from a 
corner and England were ahead. \ 
After tee Italians had hit a; 
post, a comer to England gave- - 
way to a penalty stroke and Day 
converted. Then McGuire set-¬ 
up a chance for Day to score the 
third goal and Takker added a -r 
fourth before the interval. , . r 
Within a few seconds of the ’ 
resumption, Ghana scored from • 1 
Garcia’s pass for the fifth goal*’ 
but that was the end of En-v- 
gland’s lively romp. The Italians 
raised their game and hit bade. I' 
twice from corners, through ’ • 
Raggio and Biasseton. England^* 
failed to convert two corners/ 
and Italy, moving much mwfr 1 
fluently by the end, scored 
third from Capone. :1? 

The tranquility of England's*/ 
match was preceded by a deaf- ■ 
cning din caused by the beating *' 1 
of drums and frenzied cheers for. 
Spain. But they could manage?^ 
only a 6-6 draw with Switzer-*! 
land who, at one time, were<7 
leading 4-2, and with barely ail 
minute to go were 6-5 ahead*,,? 
only for Spain to save the match-, 
from a penalty stroke. Earlier 
France, despite leading 3-0 at . 
foe interval, were overhauled by T 
Austria, who won 5-4. £•. 

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again today with Kelso, Hawick, 
Herat's FP and Edinburgh 
Academicals ail very much front 
runners. Kelso are ahead of 
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differentials, the ftoynder Park 
club having a margin of 132 
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Greens have a chance to dose 
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two Scotland replacements for 
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flanker, Derek Turnbull and the 
booker, Jim Hay. 

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back after missing last week's 
game against Gosforth. Hawick, 
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Buchan, at prop and bring in 
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with no league points and 30S 
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cannot be optimistic about caus¬ 
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For Manchester 
~United the 1953 
season saw the 
end of one grea t 
team but the start 
of another, greater 
one. Tom Tyrrell 
and David Meek 
chart the rise of a 
side forever linked 
to Sir Matt 
Busby’s name 


A fter winning the 
Football League 
championship in 
1951-52, Man Busby 
naturally kicked off 
the following season 
with his winning team, but it was 
soon obvious that the first great 
post-war side had passed its jreir 
Six of the first II matches were 
lost, and Busby realized he had to 
start drafting in new players, and 
making changes. 

The situation did not tak* him 
altogether by surprise because be 
had already laid the foundations 
for the future. 

Always in his mind had been the 
creation of a team based on 
youngsters he had taken from 
school and brought up in his ways. 
Right from the start, he had paid a 
lot of attention to this aspect ofthe 
club and he had great care to 

appoint the right kind of men to 
make a success of his {dan. The 
result was that in addition to 
having Jimmy Murphy as his 
right-hand man. he had Joe Arm¬ 
strong busy signing the best 
schoolboy players he could find, 
with Northern Ireland and the 
Republic of Ireland proving rich 
recruiting areas. 

Then Busby had Bert WhaOey 
as a dedicated, gifted coach, and 
Tom Carry as the kindly Uainer. 
Helped by enthusiastic part-timers 
like Jade Pauline, they put great 
emphasis on grooming the young¬ 
sters. They had good material to 
work with, and they made sure the 
finished product had excellence. 
United dominated the game in 
this area, as can be seen in their 
FA Youth Cup record. They won 
the competition for five successive 
seasons, starting from its incep¬ 
tion in the 1952-53 season, the 
year the first team started to come 
apart. 

The result was that towards the 
end of that rather troubled season 
players such as David Pegg, Jeff 
Whitefoot, John Doherty, Jackie 
Blanchflower, Bill Foulkes, Den¬ 
nis Viollet and Duncan Edwards 
started to get the occasional game. 

Busby also went into the trans¬ 
fer market for Tommy Taylor. 
The team finished a modest 
eighth, but Busby knew he bad 
talent in the making. He made his 
decisive move in October the 
following season. Busby ex¬ 
plained: “We played a friendly at 
Kilmarnock and I played half-a- 
dozen of the youngsters. They did 
well and we won 3-0. Then, as 1 
walked the golf course in the next 
few days, I pondered whether this 
was the moment to play them all 
in the League team. One or two 
had already come into the side, 
and I decided that I would go the 
whole way with the youngsters.” 

This meant that Edwards, Viol- 
let and Btanchflower squeezed out 
three more of the veterans to give 
the team a more youthful look. 

Most thing s in football have to 
be worked for, and the Busby 
Babes didn't find overnight sue- ; 
cess. They finished only fourth in 
that 1953-54 season,- and then, ] 
with more youngsters like Albert 
Scanlon, Mark Jones and BiUy j 
Whelan occasionally drafted in, i 
the best they could do in 1954-55 1 

was fifth place. ] 

But then everything began to i 
click. The Busby Babes took the 1 
first division by storm in 1955-56, s 
winning the championship by a i 
devastating 11 points from Black- i 
pool and with a team with an t 
average age of barely 22. By this c 
lime; precociously talented young¬ 
sters were rolling out of the Busby s 
academy. Eddie Colman, whose c 
shimmy of the hips was said to \> 
send even the crowd the wrong ti 
way, had forced his way into the E 
team, while top-class reserves like s> 
Ian Greaves and Geoff Bent were v 
ready in case there were any L 
injuries. b 

The team which played most for p 
the 1955-56 title lined up: Wood, g 
Foulkes. Bvme; Whhefoot (then si 
Colman), Jones, Edwards, Berry, si 
Blanchflower (or Doherty or u 
Whelan), Taylor. Viollet Pegg. & 
Ian Greaves, Albert Scanlon and fc 
Colin Webster also played. ai 


Belgrade, February 5,1958, the Busby Babes line up for their European Cup quarter-final 
against Red Star: (from left) Edwards, Colman, Jones, Morgans, Charlton, Viollet, Taylor, 
Foulkes, Gregg, Scanlon, Byrne. Within 24 horns, 12 officials and players would be dtrad 


John Aston, who later became a There was no holding back caused by the absence of Jack 


chief scotrt at Old Trafford, was in 
[ both the 1948 Cup and 1952 
League-winning teams, and was 
' one of the men who had had to 
make way for youth. 

“It was very disappointing for 
the players who had brought the 
championship to Old Trafford for 
the first time in 40 years to have to 
give way to new men,” he says.. 
“But we were not blind to the feet 
that the boss had also been busy 
creating a tremendously successful 
youth team. 

“We just accepted the changes 
because when he said it was for the 
good of the club we knew that it 
was. For Matt Busby is an 
amazipg man. He is kind, he is 
gentle, but he can also be very 
strong and firm. He treats every¬ 
one with respect and he in turn is 
greatly respected. It is this quality 
which enabled him to move from 
one successful era to another with 
a team that became the great 
Busby Babes.” 

Only right-winger Johnny Berry 
and left-back Roger Byrne bridged 
the four-year transition from the 
1951-52 championship side to the 
1955-56 championship. 

R ay Wood had taken 
over in goal from 
Reg Allen by this 
time. He played in 
all but one of the 
1955-56 champ¬ 
ionship games. He collected a 
second championship medal the 
following season and was the 
central figure in the controversy 
with Peter McPaiiand in the 1957 
FA Cup Final- 

Just before the Munich air 
crash. Wood lost his place to a new 
signing, Harry Gregg. He recov¬ 
ered from the relatively minor 
injuries he suffered to play a gain 
but he was forced to move on, 
playing for Huddersfield Town, 
Bradford City and Barnsley. He 
won three caps for England. 

Roger Byrne was at left-back, 
but with a new partner. Bill 
Foulkes had dug in at right-back 
with the kind of dour tenacity 
associated with bis coalmining 
background. His father was a 
miner at St Helens, and Bill was 
also working at the pit when he 
was picked up by United as an 
amateur with Whiston Boys Chib. 

Foulkes lasted a long course, 
playing first division football for 
18 years, involving some 600 
games for the dub. He won just 
about everything in the course of 
his careen four championship 
medals, an FA Cup winner’s 
medal, and he went on to win a 
1968 European Cup medaL As a 
survivor of Munich, he played an 
important part in bridging the gap 
between the Babes and later 
teams, at one point captaining the 
dub. 

Jeff Whitefoot started the sea¬ 
son at right-ball and indeed won a 
championship medal, but such 
was the competition for places 
that be was forced to concede to 
Eddie Colman. Whitefoot was a 
schoolboy international and he 
was only 16 when be was given his 
League debut in 1950. He was a 
brilliant, cultured wing-half; yet he. 
played only 95 League and Cup 
games for United before being 
squeezed out by the stream of 
starlets coming through. He 
underlined his great ability by 
going on to play nearly 300 games 
for Nottingham Forest, and win 
an FA Cup medal noth them. 


Colman, though. “Snake Hips” 
played the second half of the 
season at right-half striking up an 
uncanny unde rstanding with r>pn- 
can Edwards at left-half They 
both loved .to attack, which is 
probably why Busby went for the 
rock-hke steadiness of Mark Jones 
between them at centre-half 

Jones was a traditional “stop¬ 
per", arriving as a schoolboy from 
Barnsley and fitting perfectly into 
the mould established by ADenby 
Chilton. Together, Colman, Jones 
and Edwards formed one of the 
finest half-back lines ever assem¬ 
bled- All three were to die trag¬ 
ically young at Munich. 

Duncan Edwards is probably 
the player mentioned most often 
as the best-ever footballer to wear 
a Manchester United shirt. Cer¬ 
tainty Jimmy Morphy, assistant to 
Sir Matt Busby until the day they 
both retired, has not the slightest 
doubt in his mind. 

“When I used to hear Muham¬ 
mad Ali proclaim to the world that 
be was the greatest, I used to 
smile,” he says. “You see, the 
greatest of them all was an English 
footballer named Duncan 
Edwards. 

“Ifl shut my eyes. I can see him 
now. Those pants hitched up, the 
wild leaps ofboyish enthusiasm as 
he came running out of the tunnel, 
the tremendous power of his 
tackle — always fair but fearsome 
— the immense power on the ball 
In feet, the number of times be 
was robbed of the ball once he had 
it at his feet could be counted on 
one band. He was a players’ 
player. The greatest... there was 
only one and that was Duncan 
Edwards.” 

Murphy tells the story of when 
be was manager of Wales and 
preparing a team to {day against 
Duncan Edwards and England He 
carefully went through all the 
England players, detailing their 
strengths and weaknesses. That, 
at the end of his team talk, Reg 
Davies, the Newcastle and Welsh 
inside-forward, said to Murphy 
that be hadn’t mentioned Ed¬ 
wards, die player probably mark¬ 
ing him. Murphy replied: “There 
is nothing to say that would help 
us. Just keep out of his way, son.” 

Edwards played his first League 
game for United at the age of 15 
years and 285 days, against Cardiff 
City at Old Trafford on Easter 
Monday 1953. During the next 
five years he became the youngest 
England international malting his 
debut at tire age of 17 years and 
eight months in a 7-2 victory 
against Scotland at Wembley. 

He won two championship 
medals and played 19 times for 
England. He would have been a 
natural successor as captain to 
BiDy WrighL 

“From the first time I saw him 
as a boy of 14" says Jimmy 
Murphy, “he looked like and 
played with the assurance of a 
man, with legs like tree minks, a 
deep and powerful chest and an 
unforgettable zest for the game. 
He played wing-half centre-for¬ 
ward, inside-forward and centre- 
half with the consummate ease of 
a great player. He was never 
bothered where he played. He was 
quite simply a soccer Colossus.” 

By 1955-56 the attack had also 
taken on a new look, and not every 
player had come from the youth 
ranks. The gap at centre-forward 


caused by the absence of Jack 
Rowley was filled by Taylor. 

United were not his only admir¬ 
ers. Jimmy Murphy says that the 
last tim e he saw him play at 
Barnsley there were so many 
managers and chrb chairmen there 
that he thought it was an extraor¬ 
dinary general meeting of the 
Football league. Altogether 20 
dubs were chaang the 21-yeaw)ld 
forward, and Morphy says that the 
biggest problem was trying to 
persuade him be was good enough 
to play for Manchester United 
the first division. 

“He had this mop of black hair 
and a perpetual smile on his fay 
which prompted one sportswriter 
of the time, George Follows, to 
christen him “the smiling execu¬ 
tioner”. Murphy says: “He didn’t 
really want to leave Barnsley 
where everyone knew hi m. Even¬ 
tually, Matt Busb/s charm won 
him over, and convinced him that 


Edwards: fearsome and fair 

6 When I heard 
Ali I used to 

smile.. .You 
see, the greatest 
of them all 
was Duncan 
Edwards 9 

— Jimmy Murphy 

if he tame to Old Trafford to link 
up with the youngsters we had 
produced ourselves, the sky was 
the limit to his future in footbalL” 
Taylor was signed for the odd¬ 
sounding fee of £29,999 so as not 
to burden him with a £30,000 tag, 
and he was an immediate success 
with his penetrating stride, fierce 
shot and powerful heading. He 
crossed the Pennines in 1953 awl 
two months after signing he won 
the first of 19 England caps. He 
played 163 League games for 
United, scoring 112 goals. He 
scored 25 of them from 33 
appearances to help win the 1956 
championship. 

The inside-right berth was caus¬ 
ing something of a problem, with 
first Jackie Blanchflower, then 
John Doherty and finally another 
exciting youngster, Billy Whelan, 
all sharing in the championship 
race. Inside-left was more settled 
with Dennis Viollet now a regular. 

Johnny Beny was still at out¬ 
side-right, while the youthful 
David Pegg occupied the left wing 
for most of the title season. Pegg 
was another of the successful 
youth team, a Busby Babe re- 


Spoils of success: Bnsby with (left) Jimmy Mnrphy, assistant, and Bert Whafley, coach, 1955 

craited at Doncaster. He was able BiDy—or bade home in Dublin, outside-righL but could not do 
to malm only 127 League appear- Liam — was a ball-playing inside- much and the team’s pattern had 
ances in his five seasons before forward, very gifted and a surpris- been destroyed, even though 
losing his life at Munich. ingly good marksman for one Tommy Taylor manag ed to score 

He played just once for die frill whose main job was to create for with a fine, header. 

E n g lan d team, joining team-mates others. But then most of tins At half-time, the physknhera- 
Roger Byrne, Taylor and Edwards talented team were good all- pist, Ted Dalton, took Wood to 
against the Republic of Ireland, rounders and Whelan was at the the back of the stadium and tested 
Munich was Eng l an d’s loss as well peak of his powers. He had joined him with a few shots and throwing 
as Manchester United’s. the dub as a youngster from the ball at him, but, as Busby 

United were at the forefront of Home Farm, the Irish team which reports: “Poor Ray saw no more 
the 1955-56 championship race served United well over the years, than a couple out of every six balls 
right from the start, though it In four seasons at Old Trafford sent to him. ” 
wasn’t until around Christmas before the crash, be played 96 McFarland the villain then 
that the rest of the first division League and Cup games for a total became Villa’s hero by scoring two 
felt their real power. They went to of 52 goals. He won four Republic second-half goals for a 2-1 victory, 
the top of the table in early of Ireland caps and was a player Towards the end, Busby sent the 

December when they beat Sunder- with immaculate control. dazed Wood back into goal in a 

land 2^1 at Old Trafford. They lost , w . _ ftrnpd desperate gamble to pull the game 

only twicero thesecond half of the TT T^fleS oul of the Grt. The pta^re 

sroronu They clinched tire title I I riomTbT Eaaer «?Ponded >>y giving a tantalizing 
with two games tospare by beating B I L P S glimpse of what might have been 

their closest rivals, Blackpool 2-1. 1 J Tg Jf but for the inju^to their goaJ- 

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time and it looked possible that n rr,,«condition to play. It was rough, 

they would suffer their first home *>ugb luck for United, ai31& 

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he old guard, and Taylor, the S^roalSmAtaiDawson^on ‘"““hrtroo at the time as the 
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•een nurtured as home-produced tXS? fens ‘ United had just played 

►layers. As Jimmy Murphy would Arsenal at Highbury and thrilled 

ay: “As ye sow... so shall ye £ all those who witnessed that game 

cap.” Fhmr^,n*rw??n STpwvS? * dis P |a y of the attacking 

Busby summed up: “From the European Cup. In the FA Cup, football that they had made thf jjr 

ery start, I had envisaged m a kin g trademark. Nine goals were scored 

ay own players, having a kind of SaS cUSSE* *** four by Ahemd, five by 

itirsery so that they could be Eeagne and FA Cup double. United. * 

rained in the kind of pattern I was Matt Busby says now that when That game, on Saturday, Ffeb- 
rying to create for Manchester he came downstairs on the mom- nrary 1 , 1958, had typified tbe 

Juried." mgofthe final against Aston Villa, Busby Babes. They played with 

Tbe League champions were he bad never been more sure of such flair and enthusiasm that 
ow in peak form and they won victory before in his football life, they thought nothing of conceding 
se title again the following sea- The championship was already in four goals in their efforts to score 
3a, this time romping home eight the bag, and the form book five. United were trying to win the 
Qints in front of Tottenham pointed only one way for the League championshipfor the third 
lotspur. The team had settled winner at Wembley. But just six successive season, had already 
own to read: minutes into the match the goal- reached tbe fifth round of the FA 

Wood, Foulkes, Byrne, Colman, keeper, Ray Wood, was carried off Cup and held a 2-1 first-leg l ea d 
sues, Edwards, Berry, Whelan, the field suffering from a smashed over Red Star in tbe quarter-finals 
aylor, Viollet, Pegg. cheekbone. Peter McPariand had of the European Cup. In 

There was one other notable hearted the ball into Wood’s arms United drew 3-3 to qualify for the 
layer who began to crop up in a& 4 ft seemed a routine matter for semi-finals 
tis season, playing whenever foe goalkeeper to kickjt dear. But The aircraft carrying the United 

aylor or Viollet was injured, McFarland, perhaps fired up for party back from victory crashed in 
lother home-produced starlet, pe final kept on coining to crash the snow of Munich airport on 
obby Chariton. Malting his debut mto tbe United man. February 6. Roger Byrne; Geoff 

Chariton Athletic in October, he Even snowing for the feet that .Bent Mask Jones, David Pegg, 
ored twice in a 4-2 win. Ai- in those days goalkeepers did not I Jam Whelan, Eddie myf 

gather that season, be made 14 enjoy the kind of protection they Tommy Taylor were killed in- 
sague appearances, scoring 10 get now from referees, it was an stantly. Duncan Edwards died two 
Bis. Clearly he was a youngster outrageous charge, and in 1957 weeks later. Johnn y Beny and 
ith a great future. there were no substitutes. Jackie Btanchflower never played 

It was a high-scoring season, Jackie Blanchflower took over again. The Babes were no more, 

th United*s goals topping the in goal and, with tire rest of the ’ — - - 

a thanks to Chariton’s youthful defence, performed heroically to • Extracted from Manchester 
ntribution, plus 16 from Viollet, keep the game goalless at the United: The Official Historybv 
from Taylor and an outstand- interval Ray Wood bravely re- Tom Tyrrell and David 
5 26 from Billy Whelan. turned to the field for spells at (Handyn. £12.951 


ernited at Doncaster. He was able 
to make only 127 League appear¬ 
ances in his five seasons before 
losing his life at Munich. 

He played just once for the frill 
E n g lan d team, joining team-mates 
Roger Byrne, Taylor and Edwards 
against the Republic of Ireland. 
Munich was England’s loss as well 
as Manchester United’s. 

United were at tbe forefront of 
the 1955-56 championship race 
right from tbe start, though it 
wasn’t until around Chri<trrMK 
that tbe rest of the first division 
felt their real power. They went to 
tbe top of tbe table in early 
December when they beat Sunder¬ 
land 2-1 at Old Trafford. They lost 
only twice in the second half of the 
season. They clinched the title 
with two games to spare by beating 
their closest rivals. Blackpool 2-1. 
They were a goal down at half¬ 
time and it looked possible that 
they would suffer their first home 
defeat of the season, but goals 
from Johnny Beny, representing 
the old guard, and Taylor, the 
comparative newcomer, saw them 
home. 

Taylor’s 25 goals were backed 
up by 20 from Viollet and nine 
from Pegg. United’s 11-point mar¬ 
gin from Blackpool at the top of 
tbe table equalled tbe record 
shared in the previous century by 
Preston, Sunderland and Aston 
Villa. 

All but three of the team had 
been nurtured as home-produced 
players. As Jimmy Murphy would 
say: “As ye sow ... so shall ye 
reap.” 

Busby summed up: “From the 
very start, I had envisaged making 
my own players, having a kind of 
nursery so that they could be 
trained in the kind of pattern I was 
trying to create for Manchester 
United.” 

Tbe League champions were 
now in peak form and they won 
tbe title again the following sea¬ 
son, this time romping home eight 
points in front of Tottenham 
Hotspur. The team had settled 
down to read: 

Wood, Foulkes, Byrne, Colman, 
Jones, Edwards, Berry, Whelan, 
Taylor, VioBet, Pegg. 

There was one other notable 
player who began to crop up in 
this season, playing whenever 
Taylor or Viollet was injured, 
another home-produced starlet, 
Bobby Chariton. Malting his debut 
at Chariton Athletic in October, he 
scored twice in a 4-2 win. Al¬ 
together that season, be made 14 
League appearances, scoring 10 
goals. Clearly he was a youngster 
with a great future. 

It was a high-scoring season, 
with Umtctfs goals topping the 
ion thanks to Chariton's youthful 
contribution, plus 16 from Viollet, 

22 from Taylor and an outstand¬ 
ing 26 from Bdiy Whelan. 


Billy—or bad: home in Dublin, 
Liam — was a ball-playing made- 
forward, very gifted and a surpris¬ 
ingly good marksman for one 
whose main job was to create for 
others. But then most of tins 
talented team were good all- 
rounders and Whelan was at the 
peak of his powers. He had joined 
the dub as a youngster from 
Home Farm, the Irish team which 
served United well over the years. 
In four seasons at Old Trafford 
before the crash, be played 96 
League and Cup games for a total 
of 52 goals. He won four Republic 
of Ireland caps and was a player 
with immaculate control. 

U nited were named 
as League cham¬ 
pions by Easter. 
Busby rang the 
changes for the 
following match 
because of Cup commitments and 
be played seven reserves. The 
Football League could hardly 
complain because United won 2-0 
with a goal from Alex Dawson on 
his debut and another from Colin 
Webster. To illustrate the dub’s 
great strength in depth, the “re¬ 
serve” side, made up mostly of 
youth-team players, won 3-1 at 
Burnley on the same day. United’s 
final points total of 64 was the 
highest for 26 years. 

The 1956-57 season was notable 
not only for w inning the champ¬ 
ionship for the second successive 
season. The Busby Babes were 
also flying high in the FA Cup as 
well as storming along in the 
European Cup. In the FA Cup, 
they went to Wembley and came 
within an ace of achieving the 
League and FA Cup double. 

Matt Busby says now that when 
he came downstairs on the morn¬ 
ing of the final against Aston Villa, 
he bad never been more sure of 
victory before in his football life. 
The championship was already in 
the bag, and the form book 
pointed only one way for the 
winner at Wembley. But just six 
minutes into the match the goal¬ 
keeper, Ray Wood, was carried off 
the field suffering from a smashed 
cheekbone. Peter McFarland had 
beaded the ball into Wood’s arms 
and it seemed a routine matter for 
the goalkeeper to kick it dear. But 
McFarland, perhaps fired up for 
the final kept on coming to crash 
into tbe United man. 

Even allowing for the feet that 
in those days goalkeepers did not 
enjoy the kind of protection they 
get now from referees, it was an 
outrageous charge, and in 1957 
there were no substitutes. 

Jackie Blanchflower took over 
in goal and, with the rest of the 
defence, performed heroically to 
keep tbe game goalless at the 
interval Ray Wood bravely re¬ 
turned to the field for spells at 






















50 RAPING _ THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 

Mich ael Seely finds Jonjo O’Neill coming to terms with the past and facing new challenges 

sense of the dramatic 



J onjo OTleiH watched 
intently as five specks 
far below started to 
cantor up the tus- 
. _ socky moss slope of 

we Cumbrian felL The only 
sounds were the wind sighing 
through the roofrack of the 
l-and Rover and the gurgling 
of water in a nearby beck. 

“I used to force myself to 
up here on foot when I 
had cancer" he said, "and as I 
Sot stronger day by day I 
realized for the first time that! 
*as going to live.” 

The charismatic 36-year-old 
rormer champion jockey from 
Co Cork never does things by 
halves. His great friend and 
former colleague Ron Barry 
once observed: “If Jonjo 
IjMks a leg, be nearly loses it; 
jf be gets ill, it’s cancer, and if 
be has a row with the wife, he 
gets divorced.” 

Like Bunyan’s pilgrim, 
O'Neill has passed by Giant 
Despair, and as he stood on 
the sunlit hill bis now robust 
health was living proof of his 
survival of a far from allegori¬ 
cal journey. 

O’Neill has always been 
supercharged by the great 
occasions of racing. His 
power-packed finish on Dawn 
Run in the 1986 Cheltenham 
Gold Cup made the jockey a 
folk hero and added further to 
his stature as a legend of the 
National Hunt Festival. Simi¬ 
larly the emergence of Vicario 
Di Bray as a Champion Hur¬ 
dle challenger has set the 
adrenalin flowing again. 

"The first two years training 
when I had cancer and the 
break-up of my marriage were 
difficult." be said. "Let's face 
it, who was going to send 
horses to a dying man? But 
now it’s business. I can feel it 
taking off, and with me in 
control." 

At Haydock a week ago, 
O’Neill had the intoxication 
of training a big-race winner 
for the first time when Mark 
Dwyer sent Vicario Di Bray 
cruising past Celtic Shot "It 
was amazing to see it work out 
and be able to say to myself, I 
was right 

“I loved riding. F did every¬ 
thing 1 could and I've no 
regrets. But now it's different 
If you made a mistake then it 
was your problem. But train¬ 
ing is teamwork. Mark, the 
staff, feeding, the work and 
everything. It gives you a 
fantastic boost" 

Despite the race being run 
on heavy going, the form 
looks solid. “I can't think that 
it was a fluke. He's got 
nowhere near Sea Pigeon’s 
speed, but he needs riding 
much the same way. He's 
better with a lead. Don’t forget 
that it was only the sixth race 
of his life and he's still a big 
baby." 

Ivy House Farm, Skelton 
Wood End. comprises 106 
low-lying acres of pasture with 
a river running along the back 
of the bouse. The new-found 



]Btgfn g staff Jnnjfl fflSfeill and life CiHUBpSQO Hnwtlg f haliftnger Viearift Di Bray step «it along the road Which bads to the Cheltenham festival CB March 


success has created a demand 
for more than the existing 40 
boxes, illustrated by the ar¬ 
rival of five more horses 
yesterday. 

O'Neill's solution to the 
impending crisis was to spend 
Tuesday with an excavator 
and a concrete mixer. “I'm 
handy with a digger," he said, 
"and Ron Barry promised 
he’d have the boxes up by 
Thursday night” 

Cumbria has been O'Neill’s 
home since his arrival from 
Cork in 1972. From here he 
landed his two jockeys' 
championships and achieved 
his famous victories on Sea 
Pigeon, Alverion, Night 
Nurse, Ekbalco and Dawn 
Run. He bought his present 
home in [981, the year after 
an horrific fell at Bangor 
almost ended his riding career. 

It was here he put up his 
successful fight against cancer 
in 1986 and faced up to the 
separation from his wife, 
Sheila, two years later. Of their 
three children, Louise, aged 
nine, and four-year-old Tom 
live with their mother in 
Penrith. Gillian, now six, 
shares her father's life on the 
farm. 

"I didn't like it here for a 
few months. After the mar¬ 
riage broke up there was a 
reaction and I was lonely. But 
I am over all that and it 


doesn’t bother me any more.” 

The trainer is up and run¬ 
ning again, the yard suddenly 
full of a new-found con¬ 
fidence. “It's just like when I 
was riding. You need a good 
horse to get you going. It's 
good for business and there's 
no finer shop window." 

A s a jockey O'Neill 
was brave to the 
point of reckless¬ 
ness. "I had a lot of 
bad fells and some¬ 
times I was asking for iL But 
when 1 saw a gap. 1 had to take 
it That's what wins and loses 
the game. The *no mercy' 
style, that's what it's about" 

Training gives him a similar 
tbriJJ. "When you see the right 
race, you've got to go for it 
You ride a home in his work 
and you suddenly get a feeling 
about what be needs." 

Surprisingly, the lure of the 
Flat beckons strongly to the 
former hero of the winter 
game. "I get very excited 
about these good horses. I 
would love to edge towards 
the Rat Speed is what it's 
about, which horse can go the 
faster. I admired Dawn Run 
tremendously but Sea Pigeon 
was more exciting. He was 
sheer class. Winning the Ebor 
was a fantastic thrill, even 
though I got so knackered that 


I dropped my hands too 
soon.” 

O'Neill's disarmingly inno¬ 
cent and cheerful exterior has 
always concealed a shrewd 
man of affairs. "I couldn't 
possibly afford to move the 
way things are, with the 
difference in prices between 
the north and the south. But 
the chance might come. Mind 
you, it would have to be the 
right opportunity. 1 might not 
be that easy to please.” 

His boldness has always 
been breathtaking. “I was top 
jockey and now I want to be 
champion trainer. Don’t for¬ 
get how Vincent O'Brien 
started before moving to the 
Flat. But I'd always want to 
keep a few old jumpers. 1 love 
them so much." 

The child had always been 
father to the man, and the 
seeds of O'Neill's toughness 
and independence were sown 
during his patriarchal up¬ 
bringing in Ireland. “There 
were four boys and we were a 
dose-knit family. Dad was 
strict, but fair. He helped get 
me my first pony. But there 
was no messing with him.” 

Sally, the first pony, cost 
£27 “and two bob for luck". At 
the age of two. and only 13 
hands high, she was hunted 
with the Du hallow by an 11- 
year-old ONeill weighing just 
five stone. “Anything I faced 


her with, she went for, no 
matter how high. If she was 
feced with a river in flood 
she’d swim it.” 

O f his contemporar¬ 
ies as a jockey 
O’Neill admired 
both John Fran¬ 
come and Peter 
Scudamore. “Peter's like me. 
He’s made himself into a top 
man by sheer hard work. But 
Francome was a natural ge¬ 
nius, so gifted. I don’t know 
what makes him tick. He must 
get fed up at times everything 
come so easily to him.” 

But above all he respected 
Lester PiggotL "I remember 
him winning over one and a 
quarter miles at Yoric on 
Commancbe Run by kicking 
and stretching his rivals. It 
was sheer artistry. That's the 
way it should be ” 

Despite the bravado that is 
his hallmark, O'Neill is a 
humble and God-fearing man. 
He loves his fellow human 
beings and admires their resil¬ 
ience of spirit 
About chemotherapy treat¬ 
ment he said: “Until you’ve 
had it you don't know what 
you are talking about It tears 
some people apart, but others 
it doesn’t bother. I’ve seen 
little old ladies come in and 
I'd think ‘Jesus, shell never 
walk out of here alive*. A few 


Hetherton has ready-made title hope Granville Hotel should 

retain unbeaten record 


By Christopher Go aiding 


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his care. 

Hetherton, aged 30. will be 
preparing Past Glories for the 
hurdling title and the six-year- 
old will be bis first runner in the 
Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso on 
February 24. 

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in a very privileged and lucky 
position.” said Hetherton. “1 
have taken over Past Glories, 
who is owned and was bred by 
my Gather, Noel, from Bill 
Elsey.” 

Last year Past Glories fin¬ 
ished ninth in the Champion 
Hurdle and went on to win the 
Welsh Champion Hurdle and 
the Swinton Insurance Trophy. 

“I think be is very good value 
at 25-1 for the Champion,” 
Hethenon said. “Unlike last 
year, when he had just one run 
before Cheltenham, we want to 
get two outings into him before 
the big race. 

“He is very well and has 
recovered from his recent lame¬ 
ness, which f think was due to 
his shoes being too tight. Patrick 
Farrell, who rode him last 
season, comes over four times a 
week to ride him oul” 

Hetherton is training at 
Highfield stables, near Mai ton, 
alongside Bill Elsey and his son, 
Charles, who has also recently 
taken out a licence. “I have 42 of 
Bill Elsey’s boxes. There is 
plenty of room here for the three 


of us as there are more than 200 
acres of gallops.” 

Hethenon’s association with 
the Elsey stable began when his 
grandfather, John, had horses 
with Captain Charles Elsey. “He 
had over 200 winners and was 
the first person to fly racehorses, 
sending one down to Folkestone 
from Yorkshire in 1947. It 
finished second. My father has 
had over 50 winners with Bill 
Elsey.” 

Hetherton has done the usual 
rounds, learning about the train¬ 
ing profession as an assistant 
and working on studs. “I 
worked at Mr Wickham-Boyn- 
ton's Burton Agnes Stud and 
spent a season as an assistant 
trainer with Henry Candy. After 
that I went to Canada ana 
worked for Jim Day, the cham¬ 
pion trainer.” 

Hetherton's curriculum vitae 
also includes a stint as a 
supermarket manager. “That, 
funnily enough, was very good 
experience. It certainly 
sharpened you up and kept you 
on your toes with two big stores 
either side.” 


Tradition abounds in racing 
and if Hethenon and his young 
neighbour can follow there illus¬ 
trious predecessors at Highfield 
— where eight classic winners 
have been trained and where 
Charles Elsey became the last 
leading northern Flat trainer in 
1956 — they will go a long way. 

Neale Doughty confirmed 
yesterday that he will be renew¬ 
ing his partnership with Swingit 
Gunner, the other hope of the 
north for the Champion Hurdle. 

“I ride him on Wednesday at 
Hereford in the Fred Rimed 
Hurdle,” Doughty said. “Last 
year I thought I was going to win 
the Champion Hurdle on him. 
At the second last there was 
nothing travelling better until be 
tied up at the last because he had 
pulled some muscles in his 
back.” 

The Colin Tinkler-trained 
gelding, who finished sixth to 
Celtic Shot, has recovered from 
an operation for arthritic knees 
and is working well at home. 
"There is a big race in this 
horse,” said Doughty. “I just 
hope it will be at Cheltenham.” 


From Our Irish Raring Correspondent, Dublin 


In recent months many of the 
most promising Irish jumping 
prospects have been snapped up 
by English trainers but one to get 
through the net was Granville 
Hold- 

Kept at home by Michael 
Morris after he bad bought him 
for Ii£100,000, Morris in turn 
passed him on to one of bis 
patrons, Roy Strudwick, the 
joint master of the Kilkenny 
foxhounds. 

At Naas this afternoon, Gran¬ 
ville Hotel carries his new 
colours for the first time in the 
Irish Racing Writers Perpetual 
Trophy Hurdle. 

To date, the five-year-old is 
unbeaten in two hurdle events, 
winning a maiden over this 
course in November before 
defying a penalty at 
Puncbestown two weeks' later. 
On each occasion he was not 
extended against smart novice 
opposition and he has to be 
rated among the best of this 
season’s crop. 


Michael Morris warns, how¬ 
ever, that there has been cough¬ 
ing in his yard since Granville 
Hotel joined him and while he 
believes it is now clear, he has 
not given Granville Hotel a 
particularly thorough prepara¬ 
tion for this race. “1 want him 
right for just one race,” Morris 
said, “and that’s the Waterford 
Crystal Supreme Novices' Hur¬ 
dle at Chdienham in March. 

Nonetheless, I still expect 
Granville Hotel to retain his 
unbeaten record today, although 
Vixen Run, with an 81b al¬ 
lowance for a three-length beat¬ 
ing at Punchestown, looks likely 
to stretch him here. 

At a joint meeting of the Turf 
Club and the Irish National 
Hum Steeplechase Committee 
held at the Omagh yesterday, 
the existing rules governing 
dope tests in Ireland were 
modified. For (be first time here 
the stewards have decided to 
introduce threshold levels. 


Overdue investment at neglected outpost 


A series of weekly reports on 
Britain's racecourses 
No 22: FOLKESTONE 

Folkestone is the least smart of 
the three racecourses managed 
by Pratt & Co. the others being 
Phunpton (three ceps) and 
FonhveU Park (four). If bone 
racing in Britain were in decline, 

Folkestone's Tattersails stand 
would be' its crowning symbol. It 
is practically derelict. 

Racegoers ai« not encouraged 
to mount the wooden staircase at 
the rear of the stand. Reporters 
have no choice. The steps lead, 
eventually, to the press room, 
having wound past the entrance 
to abandoned first-floor rooms: 

Among the features of this 
gloomy warren is a rarely-used 
gents' loo equipped with monu¬ 
mental porcelain thrones, by 
Wizard Ltd. and a lone wash¬ 
basin. horribly stained. Dust 
cloaks everything and noggets of 
rat poison titter the beams. 

The darkest chamber of all is 
the disused women's changing 
room. It has* low ceiling and a 
Dumber of missing floorboards. 
Some cheap furniture buddies 
beneath a sheet. Gee Annytage 
once changed here and never 
had ro prove her courage In any 
other way. 

The whole building would 
already have been demolished 
but for the Channel Tunnel. 
British Rail has drawn «p four 
possible routes for the higb- 



THE GOOD 
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GUIDE 


speed Qnb to London, none of 
which would actually crass the 
racecourse. However, the track 
could be swallowed up by a 
proposed marshalling yard and 
against this background, the 
Folkestone Racecourse pic 
shareholders have been reluc¬ 
tant to throw away money on a 
new stand. 

Kent Comity Council has 
advised BR that none of its 
options is acceptable, so Folke¬ 
stone is safe for the forseeable 
future. As a result the Folke¬ 
stone board has taken a risk and 
commissioned a new stand 
which will cost £1.6 million. 
BnDding begins in May. 

The architects’ drawing looks 

fabulous, if somewhat out of 
keeping with the rest of the 
facilities. Apart from the weigh¬ 
ing room, Folkestone is a collec¬ 
tion of shacks, ancient and 
modern. The Tote Credit Hbufld- 
ing, the Barry Cope stalk the 
Paddock Ban all are huts of one 
sort or another. 

In winter, they look rather 
dowdy. In summer, the trees 


disguise the worst eye-sores and, 
the management is committed to 
improving things. SIS revenue 
will hasten the process. 

Since Uie closure of Wye in 
1974, Folkestone has been 
Kent’s only racecourse. It is 

situated seven miles west of the 
town, lying conveniently near 
BR’s Charing Cross-Dover line. 
The tiny station of West- 
enhanger adjoins the coarse. 

U ndulating in nature and 
sometimes snrTOusded by Sheep, 
Folkestone has never aspired to 
greatness. Its summer fixtures 
are a stage for some of the 
slowest horses in trailring. But 
air is always bracing and, de¬ 
spite the lack or equine cham¬ 
pions, Pat Eddery’s name is 
often in the number-board. 

The crowd do not take matters 
too seriously. There is an orna¬ 
mental pond next to the pad- 
dock, cokwired by frogs. Once 
when the raring was particularly 


boring, a group of racegoers 
started betting on bow for the 
frogs could jump. 

National Hunt meetings are 
more exciting, though frogs 

would be up to winning some of 
the novice chases. The pro¬ 
fessional tipster. Marten Julian, 
devised a winning sy s t e m some 
time ago. He noticed that jock¬ 
eys tended to give the leader too 
much rope on the far side and 
consequently mistime their chal¬ 
lenges. Most jockeys, be be¬ 
lieves, still have not grasped 
this, which makes front-runners 
at Folkestone worth following. 

Photo-finishes confuse every¬ 
one. Ike winning line is at a 
pronounced angle, favouring 
horses on the stands side. Josh 
Gifford's massive hurdler, ILrag- 
geran Smuggler, appeared to 
have been beaten by a good neck 
on December 20, but to the 
amarement of his trainer, die 
photo revealed that he had won 


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ROAD TRAVEL: The racecourse Is 
next to the A20 near Ashford. Leave 
die M20 at function 11 and follow 
the signs. 

RAH. TRAVEL: WOstenhanger sta¬ 
tion. on the Channg Cross-Dover 
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by a short bead. The jockey on 
the runner-up looked 
dumbfounded. 

So, wins at Folkestone should 

not be celebrated prematurely. 
Bat (his is impossible anyway 
because of the queues at the bar. 
The caterers, LeCbeby & Chris¬ 
topher, mast be very disillu¬ 
sioned with this cehnnw by now. 
The feeUng is mutnaL There was 
only one barman soring drinks 
In the Paddock Bar on the day 
'Krnggeran' performed his act of 
burglary. 

Letbebys say it is unnecessary 
to engage ■ more staff because 
people are drinking less. They 
blame the breathalyser but an 
equally plausible explanation is 
the extreme difficulty of getting 

served. 

While ou the subject of liquor, 
It is very mean, given the 
National Hoot fraternity’s add¬ 
iction to whisky, to offer only 
one brand, namely Long John, 
and charge 90p a tot for it. Can 
yon imagine what they would 
make of this at Kelso? Well,' 
there would be a riot 


Rating 


One Jockey's cap denotes Awful: 
(mv. Bearable: three. Average r 
four. Very good: jive. Excellent. 

Martin Trew 

of Racing Past 




hours later, she puts on her hat 
and coat, picks up her hand¬ 
bag and goes busybodying 
down the corridor. Jesus, I'd 
'think, I must be soft” 

And so with horses. Night 
Nurse and Dawn Run became 
household names synony¬ 
mous with gallantry and cour¬ 
age. But it is Alverton, killed 
at Becher’s Brook in the 1979 
Grand National after winning 
the Cheltenham Gold Cap the 
previous month, for whom 
O’Neill holds a special affec¬ 
tion. “He had terrible legs and 
and had broken down so 
often. But everything you 
asked him, be answered. At 
the last fence in the Gold Cup, 
he had no right to come up 
from where he did. He took off 
a length and a half away and 
put Tied Cottage on the 
floor” 

O’Neill’s popularity is un¬ 
questioned. Fifteen thousand 
people flocked to his open day 
for the Jonjo O'Neill Cancer 
Research Fund in 1987. “We 
just had to give up, there were 
so many. In the end people 
just drove by throwing fivers 
and tenners into a blanket.” 

His philosophy is simple. 
“You’ve just got to keep going 
down the road and avoid all 
the gates leading off iL But if 
you keep reasonably straight, 
you've got a chance of getting 
there.” 


ariASKtr-S 

5e at Doncaster yesterda). 

The 5-4 favourite jumped to 
the fron* « the 
flight and lengihenedjus^ndc 

to gallop seven lengths clearof 
Grlenhills Joy with market mal 
Stints tensU* away 

third- ,. 

“i would like to give turn one 

more nto before Ch . dlei ^L r !J 
but I still haven t made up my 
nfcd which of the two novice 
hurtles to go for, Sherwood 

goes cm any ground and 
has a loTof speed- If it was a bog 
at Cheltenham then he would go 
for the two-miler, but on good 
ground probably the longer 

12 The Lam bourn trainer 
pointed out that Crrnsmg Alti¬ 
tude was bought in an attempt 
to complete a treble ra w-■■ 
mile Sun Alliance Hurdle, 
which he won last year with 
Hebei Song and the previous 
season with The West Awake. 
They, too, are owned by Mrs 
Christopher Heath and John 
Bolsover. 

Sherwood added that be had 
not completely written on The 
West Awake, winner of the Sun 
Alliance Chase at the festival 
last year, as a Cheltenham 
participant. 

“He would have to be 140 per 
cent fit with two races under his 
belt to go for the Gold Cup but 
he could go for something like 
the Ritz Club National Hunt 
Chase. He has had a splint since 
December and would have to 
have a fortnight on the roads 
before going back into training,” 
he said- 

Simon Sherwood dislocated 
his thumb while winning on 
Cruising Altitude and, although 
h quickly went back into place, 
be decided to forgo his later ride 
on Giolla Padraig, who finished 
third to Aughavogue in the 
Barnby Moor Handicap Chase. 

Aughavogue. revelling in the 
fast going, jumped splendidly to 
beat the favourite, Maine, by 


choice 

’s 

. novice 

■ »,t i>T’ihs a fine leap at the 

i -Snftthc i<*uc in favour 
last diM-mb “«■. , h , rae 

of John cc*ar«i5 c 

icuo. pjyjjk"2 t,ck The Bntf 

sJ5S&SKS 

See" for the Baltt *«««* 

°lt^ns the fifth successive wfo 

for John Upson'sgeld'nfrwhosB 

Northamptonshire trainer 
would like 10 fil'd 

for him before 

ham for the Sun AlhanceOiast. 

Leszko Le Notr siarted 5 - on 
for the Selby Selling Hurtle but 
[he Nigel Tinklcr-tramcd chest¬ 
nut wafi n trouble going into toe 

Thomson Jones 
off the mark 

Tim Thomson 

nion amateur nder. saddled lus 
first winner as a 
Pukka Major won Rafts¬ 
man Handicap Chase at 
Wincantoa yesterday. 

Thomson Jones, who tad Ms 
last winning nde on P ok** 
Major, said 

much worse than nding. H s 
terrible. Standing in the stands 
is the bit I don t like — I cant 
jook ^ 

The trainer has a string of 16 
at Lam boom — nine juveniles 
and five older horses fra the 
Flat, and jHS t two jumpers- 

lum for home and Graham 
McCourt pulled him up lame. 

Victory went to the New¬ 
market challenger. Cayman 
Queen, who was pulling hand an 
the wav. Steve Smith Ecdes let 
her go" to the front at halfway 
and. although she was beginning 
to tie up nearing the post, she 
got home bv three lengths from 
Stanford Boy to give Mark 
Tompkins his sixth training 
success of the season. 

Tompkins, who will have his 
biggest string of 70 for the Flat 
thSyear, has never enjoyed 
such a successful campaign at 
the winter game but missed this 
victory as be is on holiday in 
Mauritius. 


Southern Minstrel 
lands big Ayr prize 


Southern Minstrel, outsider of 
three in the absence of Phoenix 
Gold, landed the £10.000 West 
of Scotland Pattern Novices* 
Hmw in the hands of Alan 
Merrigan at Ayr yesterday. 

Trained at Bishop Auckland 
by Arthur Stephenson, the 7-2 
chance beat odds- on favourite 
Nos Na Gaoitbe by six lengths 
with Cool Strike 20 lengths back 
in third. 

Stephenson, who was at Don¬ 
caster, said- “Southern Minstrel 
is a very nice borae and I will 
keep him to similar races at the 
moment.” 


Phoenix Gold was taken out 
of the race by Tim Fitzgerald 
because of the combination of 
gusnng wind and very testing 
ground and will now run in (he 
Nottinghamshire Novices 
Chase next month, a race the 
stable won with Danish Flight 
last year. 

Jonjo O’Neill addled his 
eighteenth success of the season 
when Miss Lamb hacked up in 
the second division of the Barr 
Novices' Hurdle: Miss Lamb, 
trmiring her debut over bardies, 
made all the running to win by 
seven lengths. 


Buckskin’s Best doubt 


Buckskin's Best, a leading con¬ 
tender for the Tote Jackpot 
Hurdle at Sandown next Sat¬ 
urday, may miss the race. 

After saddling Mount Oliver 
to win the opening race at 
Wincanton yesterday, trainer 
Robin Didtin said: “Buckskin's 
Best looks well handicapped but 
is lame at the moment with pus 
in his foot There is still a chance 
he'll be at Sandown but I just 
want'to be fair to the public.” 

Martin Jones rode an ex¬ 
cellent race to get Mount Oliver 
home by a near from Balito in 
the Gorton Denham Con¬ 


ditional Jockeys Handicap 
Chase- 

Mount Oliver lost ground on 
the bends and at the fences but 
Jones still had the favourite in 
contention at the final fence 
where be jumped ahead and 
then hung on after a protracted 
dud. 

Sean Fox, aged 17, rode his 
first winner on Tory Hill Lad, 
trained by his father. Jimmy, in 
the Painters Selling Handicap 
Hurdle. The Amesbury trainer’s 
son only received his licence to 
ride against senior jockeys on 
Thursday. 


Results from three meetings 

Wincanton 


Doncaster 

Going: good to firm 

130 (2m 150yd Ch)1. HENRY GEARY 
STEELS (M Lynch, 11-6 taw): 2, SohaiJ (J 
Tuna. 2-1): 3. Waatem Revival (T Reed. 
20-1). ALSO RAN: 5-2 Stayhar GoW <4mL 
4 ran. 10L 121, dot. R Cham p ion at 
Newnarfwt Tote: 0.90. DR £2.1 a CSF; 
£431. 

23 (2m 41 tide) 1 . CAYMAN QUEEN (S 
Smith Ecdes. 5-2): 2. Stanford Boy 
Gamtty. 40-1); 3. Media ‘ - 


Going: good 
1451 


ch) 1, MOUNT OUVBt (M 


100-1), ALSO F 


rrpvwwe. 

2-5 lav Leszko La Notr 


£13.20. CSF: £4629. No bid. 

230 ( 2 m 150 k> hide) 1 . CRUISING 
ALTITUDE (S Sherwood, 54 fav); 2. 
QreenMU Joy (G McCourt. 7-1); 3. 
Antiaous (R Malay. 11-B). ALSO RAN; 25 
Fast Record (4th), Sik Thread (5th). 5 ran. 
7), a. 61 , ii. o Sherwood at Upper 
Lamboum. Tote; £2.10; £140, £2.70.DF: 
£3.60. CSF: £U55 

ao (3m 122yd ch) 1 . MCK THE BRIEF 
(Mr T fcostoflo, 2-1 1 tav); 2, GWOxook (B 
Dwtrg. 11 - 2 ), 3. Lion HU (H Ootfan. 40- 
1).3rao25Ufct jCostetoatAdstona 
Tote: £1.20. OF: £ 1 . 10 . CSF: £131. 

330 (2m 4f ch) 1 . AUGHAVOGUE (T 
Moroen. 52h 2. Matrtc (M &OTron. sU 
tev); 3, GtaMa Pwtnug (Mr T Costello. 11 - 
4). ALSO RAN: 4 Rapmgmn (4th). 4 ran. 8L 
Edwaros at Ross-on-Wye. 
Toie: £330. OF: £2.40. CSF: £7.45. 


5(3m1f< , . 

Jones, 7-4 lav); 2, BaBto(W Irvine. 9-1); 3, 
Ryto&-X-R»y (G Morgan. 16-1). ALSO 
RAN: 4 Or Pepper IftM. 7 OgendflOa (4*). 
10 Mmsws (5di). 50 Foxbuiy (pu). Crash 
Cal. Kuwait star (urt. 9 ran. rak, 23.41,101 
2*1. R Dickie at NmranL Tote: £230; 
£130. £130, £230. DF: £8.10. CSF: 
£1436. Tncast £13637. 

2.15 fpm hdto) 1. TORY HILL LAO (S 
Fox. 16-1): 2. FMm Peart (R Goldstein. 
9-1). 3, Acoctfexn (H Qufwoody. 11-Z); 4, 
Shtfri FoBy (C Mower. 251). ALSO 
RAN: 7-2 lav Oen Road (5th), 5 Sit In The 
Dark. 8 Btdston M4I (8th), 10 Pharoah's 
Treasure. SandteMte Again. Indian Sun¬ 
rise 10, 16 Zabaruod, More Glory (pu). 20 

Brtckay Ranger. Thwum, 33 Boyne 

Safmon. 50 RioWe Star, Master Martin. 17 
ran. NR: Taffys Pride. 3,21.31. II. 15L J 
Fox at Amesbtsy. Tote: £27.80: £5.10, 
£230. £140. £430. DF: £13330. CSF: 
£13638. THcaat £83833. Bought M 
1.7000TO- 

2^5 (2m Ch)- 1, PUKKA MAJOR (P 
Scudamore, 11-2); 2. Hypnoe te (G Brad- 
tajM tav); 3,«tflghjf Lawrence, 11-1L 
ALSO RAN; 7-2 SoutfuJ Shut (4«i), 5 
Pantechnicon (Stti). 11 Rnoecus (pu). 72 
Charcoal WaMy (puL 20 Bendicfcs (Wh). 6 
ran. 41,15L1SL1SL5LT Thomson Jones 
at Lamboum. Tote: £8.40; £2.10. £130, 
£2-20- DF: 0)30. CSF: £1641. TriCBSC 
£106.49. 


«AN ; 7-? Court rath). 16 Senotaj (4thL 25 Gian Oak. 33 


(Gary Lyons. 51LALSO > ^Sf^-2 Court 
LorifOe Montfort, 12 Taffy 
•tones m Booted (SthL 66 Fandango 
j fes. 8 ra rt hd. a. sh hi 81 . 2 v,i mh 
Easterly Gram HaWon. Tote: £280: 
S;fc g : 50- qj0-_QF: «3i0. CSF; 

£16.15. Tmaat £67.57. 

Placepoe CS0LG0L 

Ayr 

Qohjjpsoft 

130 gm h«B) I.BAWTELBUCCAHCER 

French Gondo- 
(pu). 25 Ptfumka 
(5m). 100 Sweet Ore (puL T ran. 101 .30), 
M 1 - 15L MBa M Bodai Hawk*. Tour. 
£230: £1.10, £2.70. DF: £530. CSF; 
£1031. 

23j 

£1.40. SoU 10 J Ratter lor ajBOOgne. 

*30 (2m 4f Ch) 1. SOUTHERN MM- 
toaHatJao- 

R* j - fO-11 ten); 3. Cnd Strtta> (B 

™7o 3 y. a Q ^ ! §r ,trt - tok 


. . (4th). 25 Gten Oak. 33 
St Loub Oues, 50 Lckw’s 





1. PEMLET GOLD (L 
Wyw. 13-2): 2. Lotus (stand (0 SuSttvm. 

Grartjgh). S ran. 1ML >5L 3L 6L M 
Tote SR20-. 

£330. £1.30. DF: £5.10. CSft £2063. 
Raeapet £74938. 


J Jenkins at RovMun. Ton: CSAOi 
£1-70. £830, £1.40. DF: 2S5J0. CSF: 
£10939. 

345 Cm 51 til) 1, ROYAL GURKHA U 
Fr<WL 13-2); 2, Handy Lana {N Hawke. 20- 
1);3, En Gounas) Theoo |R Maman. 20-1); 
4. A* Broker (G Landau. 9-1L ALSO RAN; 
4 tav The Leggett. 6 Rosco* Hanew «. 
Mi«ur Boot f Gutaim's Nephew (5th). 9 
Mannar (pu). 14 Sea Bower. 25 

l£s Dream (rag, Dunanmna (6th). 33 
Lav Extravagance. The Brichki (a), 50 
VJ-^' Deal, Thames Trader. Floating Lower 

Lx). Daman. Ctoud Chaser. Atfnfrabie 
Crctnon (ur)^20 ran. 4L1%). 71.2DL tftt. 
2. Sucteasttefsh. Tote: E5.7Q; 

MsJWO, S7.00, £190. DF: 25790. 
CSF: £121.97. Tricast: £2350.72. 

4.15 pm 81 txjfe) 1, ON ns OWN (D 
Skvrme. 10-1); 2, Loptaffa (A MidnBand, 
M tav); 3, Emgreati Malady (W 
McFtetend. 50-1); *. Fad COnte (Mr E 
Batoy. 5-1). ALSO RAN: 4 Durto. 9 
^aenLamarti. y Unde Baggy, 12 R 

^eS SSBiH 

TJraSJtoW. W. 111. 1I,6 i.2J5,l N MBChiW 
Dorchester. Tote: £11 an- coin £130, 

B&J™- Affer a steward* 
toquay tee ptactngs Gland. 

Pteoopoc E43.10. 

Racing next week 

{{SiSS SouttnwB. 

Leicester. 

WtWcaJAYriHereford, Windsor. 
^^ RSOAY - Towwwter. LingRek) 

Sandomi Parte, Kelso, 

ark-Weth., 


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THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 


t)e Farges has right hlend 


u 9 i j 


..^yMandarin 

(Michael Phillips) 

With £30.000 added l0 the 

fra^ 65 at Chel *enham e 

Jtf Arlington Premier Series 
Chase Final is the day’s most 
valuable race. And. even 
though there are only four 
runnere, a lascinaiing spec¬ 
tacle is in prospect 

For any one of the quartet 
could emerge victorious, even 
that enigmatic character Pri¬ 
vate Views, whose fine record 
on the course includes the 
Cathcan Challenge Cup over 
the distance during the Nat¬ 
ional Hunt Festival last 
March. 

Unfortunatelv Private 
Views has cocked'his jaw and 
run out in both his races this 
season: the first at Ungfield. 
which is a left-handed course- 
next time at Ascot which goes 
the other way. Suffice to say. 
Private Views has the ability jf 
the mood suits. 

Rnsch De Farges, from 
Martin Pipe’s all-conquering 
stable, is the selection, even 
though horses of the calibre of 
Bambrook Again and Golden 
Freeze have also stood their 
ground. 

Having jumped successfully 
around Haydock since his 
arrival from France, where he 
won three chases last season. 
Rusch De Farges should also 


be able to cope with the 
Cheltenham fences. 

It is my contention that that 
™ end of speed and stamina 
tnai he so clearly possesses 
will enable him to first outstay 
Bambrook Again and then 
outpace Golden Freeze whose 
chance of winning a race of 
this importance was hardly 
helped earlier this week when 
a com had to be cut out of one 
of his fecL 

At the start of the pro¬ 
gramme, Enemy Action can 
tngger off a double for Pipe 
and Peter Scudamore by 
maintaining his unbeaten 
record in the Food Broker 
Finesse Four-Year-Old Hur¬ 
dle. With Highland Bud 
Proper© and Freestone also 
standing their ground, this 
looks a good dress rehearsal' 
for the Triumph itself 

While conceding that the 
others are ail more than 
useful, it is even harder to pick 
holes in Enemy Action’s 
record especially since he has 
a victory over today’s course 
and distance to bis credit- 
already. 


Green Willow (3.0) and 
Paddyboro (3.35). 

Ballyhanc* dearly has the 
beating of Baies on these 
terms. For when he was beaten 
lengths by that horse on his 
seasonal debut at Sand own, 
BaUyhane was endeavouring 
to give him 161b. Now the 
difference is only 41b. 

The withdrawal of Sabin Du 
Loir from the Bishops Cleevc 


considerably more than they 
would if only they could race 
off their official rating. 

On the subject of ratings, 
RoU-A-Joint will never have a 
better chance of winning a 
race like the William Hill 
Golden Spurs Handicap 
Chase at Doncaster and he is 
napped. 

Not only is he exempt a 
penalty for winning that race 


Hurdle has left the way dear confined to conditional jock- 
—■—• — — eys at Kempton eight days 


Golden Freeze, who runs at 
Cheltenham today, has been 
backed at 10,000-1 to wfa the 
next six runnings of the ChdU9- 
hamGotd Cnp. 

A Dutch client of William Hill 
struck £75 worth of bets at their 
Torbay branch and stands to 
collect a total of £151,815 if 
Golden Freeze wins all six. 

Hills offered 20-1 against the 
horse winning any two of the 
next six Gold Cups, lOQ -1 
against three, 500-1 four and 
2.000-1 Ore. _ 

for that exciting novice Green 
Willow, who can underline his 
Chance of winning the Sun 
Alliance Hurdle on the course 
in March by beating the 


In the surprising absence of consistent Calapaez here. 


Bonanza Boy, the way now 
looks dear for BaUyhane to 
win the Charterhouse Mer¬ 
cantile Chase and thus pave 
the way for a treble for Josh 
Gifford and Richard Rowe, 
who can collect later with 


If the handicapper is to be 
believed, EUhst has only Run 
For Free and Lots Of Luck to 
fear in the Wincbcombe Nov¬ 
ices’ Handicap Hurdle 
because all the other runners 
must carry 10 stone and thus 


ago, he is also racing off a 21b 
lower mark than the one that 
he will have in future accord¬ 
ing to the updated ratings 
published in this week's Rac¬ 
ing Calendar. 

Bishopdole, another recent 
winner, also figures on a 
handy mark but Rofl-A-Joint 
is the safer jumper. And the 
form of Roll-A-Joint’s 
Chepstow win would hove 
looked even better if Cool 
Ground, the horse that he 
beat, had then won at War¬ 
wick last Saturday. In my 
opinion, he should have done. 

If John Edwards foils to win 
the main race on Town Moor 
for the second year in succes¬ 
sion with either Pro verity or 
Dinny Walsh, he will at least 
be happy to capture the Man¬ 
sion House Handicap Chase 
for his new owner Pam Sykes 
with Itsgottabealright, who 
was such a creditable second 


to Banbridge at Kempton 
when he made his seas on ab le 
debut there last week. 

Otherwise it could easily 
pay to follow Susan BrasnalTs 
pair, Casttevcnwm (3.20) and 
ShBgrove Place (3.50), as they 
endeavour to give her another 
double. 

At Ayr, Mercy Less is 
fancied to beat Polar Nomad 
in the County of Ayr Handi¬ 
cap Chase now that be will be 
meeting him on 161b better 
terms compared with when 
they clashed last at Newcastle, 
where there was only five 
lengths between them. 

Finally, Kodiak Island can 
keep Oliver Sherwood’s prin¬ 
cipal owners, Christopher and 
Maggie Heath, in a happy 
frame of mind following 
Cruising Altitude's victory at 
Doncaster yesterday, by win¬ 
ning the Bet With The Tote 
Novices’ Chase Qualifier at 
Folkestone. 

Ain tree post 
confirmed 

JOhn Parreit’s appointment as 
Aimree’s clerk of the course was 
yesterday confirmed by the 
Jockey Club. The move follows 
his appointment as managing 
director of the Aintrec Race¬ 
course Company, announced in 
October. 


CHELTENHAM 


Selections 

By Mandarin 


1.15 Enemy Action. 

1 .SO BaUyhane. 

2.25 Rusch De Farges. 


3.00 Green Willow. 
3-35 Paddyboro. 
4.10Elfast. 


By Michael Seely 

1.S0 BaUyhane. 2.25 RUSCH DE FARGES (nap). 3.00 Green Willow. 
The Times Private Handicapper’s top rating: 1.50 BALLYHANE. 


Guide to our in-line racecard 

1 113143 GOOD TIMES 13 (BPf&S) (Mrs 0 Robinson) B Hal 124_ 


1 uuocj times 13 (BF.F.CVl) (Mrs 0 Robinsonj B Hal 12-0_,_B West ( 7 ) Bt 

Rac acartf number. Shi-figur o term ( F - fall, distan ce winner. BF - beaten favourite In 
*“?■ B rW> n«4 Gomq on which hone has won 

n 0W nV S - slipped up. R - refused. (F - firm, good ilo Hrm. hard. Q - goad. 
D — disqualified). Horse 8 name. Days s — soft, good to soft haavv) Owner In 
eineetesi outing: F If flat. (B - Winkers, brackets. Trainer. Age and weight. Rider 

LJrbiiiaa "■ Tim ” pn " m 

Going: good 

1.15 FOOD BROKERS FINESSE HURDLE (Feature race: 4-Y-O: £6,494: 

2m) (6 runners) '' 

101 ill BIEMYACTON 32 (CDAS) (N WMSngtDn) M npe 11-7_PScOdMora 099 

102 21 FREESTONE 15 (F)(R Tooth) N Henderson 11*3_J Osborn* BO 

103 1 highland BUD29(D,F)(Shaikh Mohammad)DNicholson 11-3_ROwwoody 81 

10* 4 GENUINE GOT 14[LadyCooper) CBrooks 11-0_Bde Herat — 

105 1053 NAHAR 10(IUS)(RCross)SDow 11-0_S Starwood 70 

106 11 PROPER0 12 (G,S) (Mrs S WWs) J GMtord 1 1-0—_ R Rowe 03 


SETTING; 10-11 HtgNand Bud. 7-4 Enemy Action. 6-1 Prapero, 12-1 Freestone, 16-1 OftarS- 
1988: JASOtTS QUEST 4-11-0 M WHams (IB-1) J Baker 9 ran 


FORM ENEMY ACTION has registered three 
1 wmsi wins In good style this season. Last 
tine out he beat subsequent winner Magnus Pym 10 
at Chepstow ( 2 m, son). A cun flrme U front runner 
who wW e nsure a test pace. 

FREESTONE revera to 2m after being pushed ctoer 
tobstt Es-Port IlHtt Aacot (2m4f, good toUrm). 
HKSHLAND BUD made a winning nurtflfng debut 


when driven out to tart Victory Gate 101 at Newbuy 
( 2 m 100 yd. good to firm). H ow e ver faces n sterner 
test here. 

PROPERO won with a o m oWn g h hand whan 
betting St Athene Lad B at FOntweS ( 2 hi 2f, good to 
soft). Carter bait VSyrua, an knp r es sw e winner 
since, 61 aw the same couraa aid distance (good). 
Selection; ENEMY ACTION - 


1.50 CHARTERHOUSE MERCANTILE CHASE (listed !W» EB.7Bt: 3m 
If) (4 runners) 

201 2121-21 BALLYHANE 42 (CDJ\GL5) (H Joel) J Gifford 8-11-12,-- 

202 51JFP11 BAES 26 (FAS) (Mrs B Samuel) C Brooks 7-11-8. — ■ - . - I 

203 F-134U1 STEEPLE VCW 7 (O) (Mrs C Heath) O Sherwood B-11-6 .-- --- 

204 0123-41 DSP MOMENT 47 (C3> (Mrs M Cunts) Ms M Rtanal 7-11-3- 

BETTING; 11-10 BaByhene. 15-6 Bales. 5-1 Steeple view. 7-1 Deep Moment 

1668: CAWIES CLOWN 8-11-12 0 Bradley (54) O Baworth 3 ran 


_A Ream *09 

PScndamom 90 
. S Starwood S3 
__ D Browne TO 


FARM BALLYHANE beat Sun Rising a neck 
rwnm at Ascot (3m. good to 8 rm) last time. 
After going dear turning Km the straight, ntt 
lumped the Iasi atowty and needed to be ridden out 
BAIES beat BALLYHANE. making hto seasonal 


debut (121b better off) 2JH at Sundown (3m 116yd, 
good) in December. Made mistakes when driver out 


to beat The Argonaut 2JSI at Newbuy pro, good to 
Ann) last time. 

STEEPLE VEW responded we4 whan beating 
Gmfar XI et Kamffton (3m. good) test weak. DEEP 
MOMENT led m the closing stagee whan beating 
FUago Bo/a neck s vnvwrk (2m, good to son). 
Setecbnc BAUYHANE 


DONCASTER 


Selections 

By Mandarin 


1.15 Qannaas. 

1.45 Itsgot i abealrighL 
2-20 ROU^A JOINT (nap). 


230 Bank View. 

3J20 CasUevennon. 
3.50 Shilgrove Place. 


. jjekWw — 
BDewS tm 08 
- J Short! — 


Going: good to firm (chase coarse); good (hurdles) 

1.15 PHILIP CORNES NOVICES HURDLE (Qualifier: £2,477:2m 41) (20 fligft 
runners) 

1 5-F13S6 OREENACRES LAD 7(SXMTNbOtJB McMahon 6-11-8-TWM 97 

2 0(H>t POPPING ON 15 6 LG) (J Turner) J Turner 5-11-3-—— 81 

3 ALA HOIMAK112F (F Semdan) F Durr 5-11-0-S Wood* (4) — 

4 131- BLACK N 0 CCASW 29S (OS) (J Bernstein) Mr* J Pitman 6-11-0-J Leech (7) — 

fi DANISH DANCER l39F(KPat)h)Rae Guest B-11-6-MehanlOMtt — 

6 420-2F DEEP COLONIST25(BF>(G Adcock) Mrs M Dickinson 7-114)-LWyet 97 

7 300 DIRECT RESPONSE IT (BF) (Mrs C FoatWhwttto) Mrs CPPBdBinwsItB 6-11-0 TMmgan — 

8 60 FAUX PAVILLON 11 (C Rmg)A Hide 5-11-0---— 

9 OO0-O5P OARRELGUM 21 (LfXd Harttogton) N Crump 6-11-0 ---— C Hwttdas 73 

10 64 KA7UDEE14 (Kenton IKiWe* 4 Derotopmante) Jimmy RUganttl 8-11-0- 11 Dwyer to 

11 FP3 MANDALAY PRINCE 26 (H Rushworlh) T Kersey 5-11-0— - —- --- 92 

12 0346P0 PRINTERSDEVR.26(HtekfingandSquteKLtd) J Wharton5-11-0- S i2H2 “ 

13 543 QANNAAS 7 (Mrs A Lett) Mrs D Maine ^11-0—--B Rowan » 

14 000 SILVER TAMARIS 62(MraJ Tinning) WTtawgB-11-0- KJon ? ~Z 

15 B005 SLOSHED 1 S(JHanson)WASwphensor5-11-0____-JO'OonHnjT) 91 

16 106S STRONG FANCY 14 (G) (P MaCklam) H ’-0---P t hnttj4) to 

17 6204-02 STRONG BOLD 16 (S) (Mre S Itabins) Mrs J Wman 8-11-0- *????? *” 

IB P WWTEHTON16<C Wheeler) K Stone* Wl-0-_j ja*w 

IB a0F20-P YOOHOO MAM W(SLewte)FI Lae^j-__ 

20 0/00040 DORA FROST 21 (B) (D Tlueman) C Trlatfne 6-1»9 - -- JShorB--. 

BCTrn® 4-1 K«udee.s -1 Strong GoJAT^^Cotanl^AiaHou^ 

12-1 Faux Pavilion. 14-1 Strong Fancy. Greenacres Lad. 16-1 omere _ 

1968; CRUMPET DELITE 8-11-0 M Pitman (14-1) Mra J Pitman 20 ran 

form 

ssKtTaa , tt«ffBfaaf 

3rd bi the 1967 jti STRONG FANCY stayed on wefi at Newcastle (2m. 

BLACK MOCCASIN ^ soft) on hur^wdebui whan i5t 5th to AnUnous 

inathebestNstia^HiffnRafra^fto*^^^ joave i 2 ib). STRONG GOLD inwraved at Wlndaor 

DUl^bS (2m 30yh. 900*6 when S 2nd to Bta Dtanxand. 
vwmseverttRmr^inScandHW^fMW^ yooHOO tGHlatBst fe« at the Ittilrat season (rec. 

eftaittdBlWtwhW^iat^Medeusinaurav a credHable 121 2nd to Rebel Song at 

ill at Baden-Baden (lm3f.strff). ^^^^^^ Warwick (2m 4f, soft) tost February. 

1.45 MANSION HOUSE HANDICAP CHASE (£4.841: 2m 150yd) (5 ggfc 
runners) 

- —PunuonE 14 roJBFFJOJSi (LFCol R wantanl M H Eaatarby 11-17-10-L Wyer • SB 

1 484114 KtfBiOMOnE « Pjww LcngsiaW Jmmy FtagwttdMM-M Dwyer M 

2 0/121 * Lee 11-H-1-BDnwfag 96 

3 112251 8 %V.OS (Mrs WD Sykes) J Eawa 12-108- T Morgan 94 

O-pn-ntWW-J-H— « 

Karenomore. 7-2 itsgottabaaWgts. 9-2 Yank Brown. 12-1 Teiryaah. 
BETTINa 9-4 pAOOYB ORO 10 - 10-1 E Murphy (3-1 taw) J GtHort 10 ran 


(gave 121b). STRONG GOLD inwrorod at Windsor 
(2m 30 yd. good) when S 2nd to Big Dtamond. 
VOOHtSo NANIlatest W at tha IKlrat season (rec. 
9lo) ran a owdHabte 12 2nd to Rebel Song at 
Warwick C2m 4f, soft) test February. 

Selection: YOOHOO NAN 


FOR i!LrSX»SH^ 

»artier showed his Mating 


THE WELSEH beat TEltRT ASH (BR> worse OH) 7181 
Market Resort (2m, good to soft). TERRVASH 
franked that form with a 1 HI win from My Purple 
Prose at Towcaster (2m 50yd. good id soft). 
(TSQQTTABEALIW3HT lad to fitt last Bt KttnpUR 
(2m, good) when 2nd oeeren 2MI by Banbnoge (rec 
lib). 

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Z2S ARLINGTON PREMIER SERIES CHASE (Fhat £20,565:2m 41) (4 
runners) 

301 1123-11 BAMNBROOK AOMN 64 (CAFAtolM OaHett D Saworth 6-11-7 —__S»w*wc 

302 144*111 GOLDEN FREEZE 21 (tIAto (A Nadir} Mm JFttnan 7-11-7_MFtta 

303 1211-rn PRIVATEWEWS42(COf,a3)(DStoddarttM0—laa8-11-7_KMeeo 

304 001F11 RUSCH DE FAROES It (OSKF Fmml) 14 Pipe 6-11-7_P Sawtara 

BETTWO: 5-4 Golden Freeze, 7-4 Bambrook Again. 7-2 Rusch Da Ffergas, 12-1 Prims Maws. 

1900: NO CORftESFONOMG RACE 


FORM BWNBROOK.AGAIN laced a Staple RUSCH DE FARGES ahowtawMrwtbrminFrtnee 
task when eas% beating Loddcn Led Wa flaeaon before Jokwg Martin Ape. Beat Com 
M JM NBybuy jan 4L good). Earner, iron bi Marcftwii 20 at Newton Abbot (2m ST, aoftjoniatesr 

vwrtanaWca fashion When tearing Pmo Prince « BtaitEariiK.targbd dev to beat Southern Mnstret 

at Devonian if, good to soft). ia at Haydock (STat. soft). 

GOLOtol FREEZE has looted a horse of oorakf- PRIVAT E: VI EW S, was OtaBidtty p qingBg this 

good to soft). Faces etenatt task to date hare, and ? ^ Wflhway 

S3JS? « «= » p«. » amw tS3SaEKBfi& B,n, » 

3JD BISHOPS CLEEVE HURDLE (Listed race: £3,525:2m 4f) (4 runners) 

401 g/2-111 GREEN WILLOW 29 (CJJ’^CLS) (P HOpMna) J Gtftord 7-12-0.— ■■■- R Rowe 90 

402 1P1221 CALAPAEZ 26 (CtLFAS) (T Btate) Mta B Sanders 5-11-10-S Starwood •» 

403 233444 RUBY FLIGHT 64 (& 8 ) (R Bktoy) R Edtay 7-11-9-RDwnreody 08 

404 00/2124. LORD TOflENAGA 294 (QlpPIHn^on) FWaiwyn 6-11-5-K Mooney 81 

BETTtNG: 84 Green WBow 94 Cattpaaz. 8-2 Lord Torenaga, 10-1 Ruby Fight 

1908: CLOUOKTANEY 7-12-0 A MuRns (5-2 lav) P MuOns (ire) 11 ran 

3 J5 LECH LADE HANDICAP CHASE 034,667:2m4f)(4 runners) 

501 PS-5415 COTTAGE RUN 48 (CAS) (Mrs M Rogers) D Nicholson S-tl -10 __ H D m womfy 83 

502 142114/AI0LOW740(D«FA4(JCwTBn)SChristian9-11-6-JOabome — 

503 1212-33 PADDYBORO 21 (F.OLS) (Caps F TyrvwfVtt-Drake) J QMtord 11-11-3_R Am 9S 

604 224034 GALA'S BIAGE 33 (CAFABMShehhAa Khamaln) Mra MRImal 9-10-13 PScodanora • 99 

BETTING: 11-B Ptedyboro, 5-2 Cottage Run. 4-1 Aheriow, S -1 Gala's Image. 

1988: UICEY RASCAL 9-11-8 R Rowe (9£) J Gifford 8 ran 

4.10 WINCHCOMBE NOVICES HANDICAP HURDLE (£2.145:2m)fi1 runners) 

SOI 03/1143 ELFAOT 8 (D,BF,G,S)(J Wobdor) J Webber 8-11-13_OlteW» 90 

802 460483 HIM FOB FIIEE « (B FtaHy) A T.wnet MM. - - 

603 0-330 LOTS OF LUCK 15 (BF) (T Ktevenese) J Pearce 6-10-0 . .J HcLaugWn 96 

604 5FOOO UNCLEEU29(RTory)DWcttotson6-100_RDanwoody 94 

605 004633 PLAGUE Ct RATS 11 (Mrs C Bogere) R Frost 5-10-D_P Jataon (7) 92 

606 04M62 SAW 8 UPASE 20 (R Chompnaea) O 0*NaM 6 -WO_— BT 

607 060212 GALAXY MBS 4 (D 3 F£Q (D Vttntto) D Ufttfe (MOO_SKafghEap 88 

608 022162 SXENT TWIRL 21 (OS) (M McBride) J King 6-100_I Lawrence (7) 92 

609 40-5^0 JANE CRAIG 8 (Mrs J Ducted) R DfcMn 6-10-0_M Joee»(7) 98 

610 44-05 BUMPTIOUS BOY 28 fTHUngton! A J Wlson 5-104)_i_W lMiM»ur * W 90 

611 UO53/O0 DUDLEYS WPACT9frl Eaton) J Eaton7-100 - ■ .. ■ JBryaa — 

Long tandfcap: Unde El 9T. Plague O' Rais 06. Saint Supreme 9-6. Qttaary Kris 06. Stem TWW 9-3. 

Jane Craig 9-2. Bumptioiw Boy 8 -fi, Dudley's Impact 6-4. 

BETTING: 94 Run For Free, 11-4 u» Of Luck, 92 Saint Supreme. 6-1 Blast, 8-1 Galaxy tots, 
12-1 Silent Turin, 18-1 others. 

1988: RUSTLE 8-11-0 MBouriby (5-6 tav)NHsndareon 14 ran 


Course specialists 


TRAINERS 

Winners Rumors Per ant _ 

MBs B Sanders 3 9 333 S Sherwood 

« 78 19-2 

O Sherwood 13 M 19.1 ^Moorwy 

MPfpo 19 100 183 

NGasttae 9 51 17.6 MPftmen 

S Christian 6 37 182 HDunwoody 


JOCKEYS 

Wimera RJdes Percent 
21 110 19.1 

35 200 173 

10 72 139 

5 42 11.9 

4 37 10£ 

18 T7S 103 


2J20 WILLIAM HILL GOUCN SPURS HANDICAP CHASE (£11,647:3m iiil 
122yd) (14 runners) 

1 2S0114 ACE OF SPSS 21 (UJF3UA Jaoota) Mrs GJonU 8-12-0- — - P Barer B2 

2 FI-1131 FAHMLEA BOY 33 (FAS) (H Unit) Q BaUng 9-11-9-Neftaad Guest 90 

3 2111/1-1 PROVERiTV 23 (D,F,G) (Mr» P Shaw) J Edwwxla 8-11-8—-T Morgan 89 

4 113B42 JOPVS BOY 11 (BJ^3)(H WSwriera)H Swfara 8 - 11 - 8 — ■■ BNSBwtesW 85 

5 513FF1 BISHOFDALE 9 (FAS) (R Ceuaai) W A Stephenson 9-114-M Dwyer 96 

6 1 U 3 - 53 U PEHROOUET 31 IMS) (G Wergsue) 0 Vargarte M1-3 —— . Mra JS—date 88 

7 P-511111 R0LL-A-J09fT 8 (D.G3) (R Thames WMams) C Popham 11 - 11-1 -BPmwl G89 

8 12*412 DMNY WALSH IB (DJBF^.GS) (M Shone) J Edwards 8-11-1-»F Fm*an 94 

9 221122 MISTER CHRISTIAN 26 (8F.G3) (Mra G GateSsrd) D Barons 8-11-1-PMctela 82 

10 21/44-1 OLD APPLEJACK 7 (DkF3) t® ToblB) J Johnson 019-11 -- — 88 

11 U-23332 GOLDEN DELfCtOUS 33 (F,@) (J Macdonakf-Buchanah) D Wchotnn 9-10-7_ B DowHog 80 

12 631214 ratttAB083(03F^/3J8)(BVttartfcw)KStona 10-104--JJQrtm 93 

13 F-22Z3F HAOWOOO 31 (3) (R Anderson Green) C Parker 8-10-3-SJOTWa 91 

14 632-133 EVEN DEEPER 14 (S) (R Beeson) J Bkndafl 9-10-1-MBramm S3 

BETTING: 4-1 RoOA-JoJnL 6 -t Btshopdato, Proverity. 7-1 FamKea Boy. 10-1 Mteter Christian. Dinny 

WBbh. 14-1 Gotten Dekctous, IB -1 Ace Of Spies. Jody’s Boy, ott Applejack. 20-1 others. 

1988: BOB TtSOALL 9-136 T Morgan (16-1) J Edwards 21 ran 


FORM FARMLEA BOY nad nothing to mare 
rWTUVl beating The Uwoen S3 n 
Wlncanton (2m 51. good to firm). PROVERTTY, a 
good jumper, made all for a short head wm from 
Boraoovs (rec 7tt>) at Noangham (3m 41). 

JODY'S BOY bestan 31 bv Castlevonnon (rec 148>) at 
Sadgefleld (2m 4f). bjshopdale beet Tomorrow 
Njgtn 2 i m good style at Cmrarick (3m 4f, good to 


ftnrt. ROLLrfrdCMT, hee Improved, beat Seagram 
(gave 15 b) S3 In good style at Kempton (3m. good). 
WNNY WALSH suteo by front running tacacs when 
e S winner from Tracys Special at Ungfield (3m. 
good) fai Decembar. 

OLD APPLEJACK made a> to beat The WM (gave 
7ft) a on Cattarick (3m if 80yd. good to Bon). 
SttecSon: ROLL-AnJOlHT (Bap) 


2-50 BREWERS HURDLE (4-Y-O: £2^47: 2m 150yd) (6 runners) Jfigfc 

1 1131 BANK VIEW 38 ( D A6) (Bank VlawHte Ud) MHnWBrll-8-MDwyar G99 

2 3 ALL ELECTRIC 14 (CBwmCBaaiy 11-4-_JJCkttm — 

3 0* SLAKES SON 15 (BF) (A Fawcett) M W Eaatarby 11-2_RBeggan 83 

4 LATE CUT 127F (L W m ttury) H Onflkigridfle 11-G - - —.. S Weeds (49 — 

5 MAGICATDAWN13QF (Mra J Gray} G Moore 11-2_LWyw — 

9 F WATT1EMEADE14(NRatchai)MChapman 11-2_JAHraita — 

BET T1NQ: 10-11 Bank View. 7-2 Btakes Son, B-1 Magic At Dawn. 10-1 Al Electric. 12-1 Ltta Cut 2S-1 
Wtfwneaas 

196ft KRtoBtstS 4-11-2 S Smith Eccftfi (Evans lav) M Stouta 18 ran 

FORM VKW beat Hie useful Forest WATTLGUEADE puHad up. LATE CUT came etosest 
rvnm Ffcme(rec 121b) 1KI at Bangor (Sm, fovrimttg on ms Rat when II 2nd 10 Reef Lark In a 
soft). BLAKES SON was a beaten favourite at Yarmouth matten. 

Wettwrby when SKI 4th of 10 to Gallant Gesture. MAGICATDAWN won twice on the Rat winning at 

ALL ELECTRIC finished wet but was beaten a Carte* by G from Mahib. Goes wal on last ground, 
distance bv Yorksttreman at Market Resan with "T*irtlDir BANK VIEW 

3*20 BURGHWALLIS NOVICES CHASE (£1,753:2m 41) (8 runnere) 

1 WKUAMCWUlto7(IMXS)(OtetdawnAaiinrialea Ltd)KBatey8-11-6-RBeggan •» 

2 21 Fiji CASTUVENNON11 (D^Q^ G*s S Branwi) Mra S Bramtt 8-11-3—J (ragman (7) 88 

3 «P HECKLEY CRAG 14 (P BkxMay) P Bloettay 9-1141__ PM Mg tt e y (7) — 

* 14S344 RUSH RED 75 (S) (Hathaway Rooflng Up) w a Stephenson 7-114) ■■ _MDwyar 73 

B 58262F LIGHTTHAVELLBt 11 (Mas ECUrtia)R Barr 9-11-0_MrS9*knm 82 

5 smma PIJWER 7 (FAS) fl= Lee) F Lae 7-11-0_ cHhum 82 

7 102/0-63 WUFLYBI23 (GUPGraanaQR Laa 8 - 11-0 _BDowflng 74 

8 402230 PADYKM 14 (F,G) (S Freemen) M Chapmen 9-100_J A Hants 87 

BETTING: 5-2 WSDam Crump. 3-1 C aa ttewimo n, 92 WBd Ruer, li^ string Ptayar. 8-1 Msh Rad. Utftt 
TTavater, 25-1 Padyttn, Hecidsy Crag. 

1988: KtsSANE 7-11-0 T Morgan (10-1) J Edwards 18 ran 

&50 YORKSHIRE HANDICAP HURDLE (£2,574:2m 4f) (15 runners) 

1 2BF1F3 SMnKS0AMBLE14(GA(ASmith)MHEastetw7-11-10_LWyer 97 

2 224014- COMEDY FAR 299 (DAS) (P Btocfctoy) P Btettsy 9-11-6_J CHaotoe (7) — 

3 22-1/55* BOLUN PALACE 4EID (D,G3) (Sir Nsl Wastbroott M H Eaatarby 7-11-4_D Dutton 95 

4 raMPO PARKORJON 7 (DJ^LS) (FijS Ctcla Thoroughbradg E Pic) N Tinkler 6-11-2 DOirilv—(7) — 

5 2^11 BtexatOVEPLA CE24(ftFAto(teasBramaa)MraSBramaa7-iO.l1 JOtonnwan(7| 98 

6 60500-1 STDOTSBtOTHER21 (DAS)(MraAAftamranDMtoeESnayd 11-10-8_OGaRaghar 91 

7 6U3/2-61 HAODGN LAD 58 (ELFiS) fl T S Lid) Mtea A King 8-10-8_AWtt* *3 

8 004211 MSTS OF TIME IS (DJVm M Nodan) C Vbmon Mter 6-10^__ S JOtiafl *99 

9 VfiOOOH EUROCON 38 (CAF.G) (W Spkik) T Barron 5-10-6_ROantty(7) » 

10 001 /F-UII COOL RECEPTION 28 (BFA (J Hanson) W A Steptanson 8-10-3__M Dwyer — 

11 2S3S21 VKJMQ ROCKET 17 (8) (Raymond Anderson (Been) C Parker 8-104! _™_ P Harts (4) 98 

12 43-0540 PHU PfUOE M fULG) (A Bajmart) A Smttl 5-10-0_J A Harris 82 

13 029283 STORMY MONARCH 18(0£)<n QOOwVflQ Jones 61M_J DDoyta 94 

14 OPSOSO STUMBLE 49 (Q)M Cow) JUwado 5-100._ ettakte 98 

15 024584 TREBOMOER824(S)(MrsC RUnTO)JS Wteon5-10-0_HBowfcy 88 

Lowg hanrtcap: Stonny iwonareh 9-13, Skumtte 9-10, Thabankars 9-6, 

_ a riiw, 5-1 SMgnwe Plata. 7-1 SnaWa Gamble. B-1 VWng 

Rocket. 10-1 SoBn Pateoe, StiWf* Brother, 12-1 Comedy fi*; i|4-1 others. 

198ft JWBALOU 5-108 D Browne (6-1) R Brazington 21 ran 


Course specialists 


HWhanon 
Mrs M DftMnson 
KBoHoy 

Jimmy FKzgefflid 
Mrs J Pitman 
W A Stephenson 


TRAINERS 

winners Runners Percent 


18 Z7.8 T Morgan 

17 235 MSOWfty 

13 23.1 A Wibb 

40 22 ■£ M Dwyer 

15 20.0 LWVsr 

50 14j0‘ C HbwUrs 

ptatnctuabiQyomfrSafgfMuBt} 


JOCKEYS 

■T ■T P W 

4 8 SILO 

3 6 37-5 

If 44 25J> 

3 26 115 

3 37 8.1 



Josh Gifford's outstanding prospect Green Willow, who pots his unbeaten record this season! 
on the line when he tackles listed company In the Bishops Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham (3.0) 


&30 SORN NOVICES HANDICAP CHASE (£1,801: 
2m) (10) 


Selections 

By Mandarin 

1.0 BnwnhiQ Lass. 130 Demi John. 10 Macho 
Man. 230 Mercy Less. 3.0 Beaker. 3.30 St 
GabrieL 4.0 Scottish GokL 4.25 Jolejester. 

Going: soft 

1 J) GIRVAN CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS HANDICAP 
CHASE (£1,29& 2m) (7 runners) 

1 8328 BROWWOaUSS17(COARGcMto8-120 GScope 

2 2132 IMPmAM66[ty)TCurate^ // 

3 5S4 REA VS SONG tl (OGfl M Naughkin 15-11411 Ritay 

4 «41 KAZB. BANK 17 (Dto P Mortefti 10-10-13— L O’Hara 

5 1FF4 STOIC 7 (OOB1 RWbodhouw 10-1M-CRyan 

6 5054 JBXYMiMRAfltti6-10-7_Qelfte 

7 -8PP CANTA-UD31 PUontMh 8-10-7_TP White 

2-1 Hazai Bank, 9-2 BrewnfiB Lass, 4-1 ReaVa Song. 

B-1 Ifflpenaki. 12-1 Sttvic, 16-1 Ohara. 

1.30 CROSSHUJ. NOVICES CHASE (£1,770: 3m 
110yd) (8) 

1 3U4 CMBOMUiae 250) a Crow 8-11-5_Mi A Crow 

2 MSS DEM JOHN 11 (C&»Q Richards 7-11-5._ NDMkMf 

3 OS B/TEiafUB22kbsSBrKftuna5-11-5 

MrJBndteane 

4 If* MOVWG PERFORMANCE 42 MhaZ Green &-11-5 



mm 


S -OUF TOODLWHAME 25 CRnrltar 7-11-5_B Storey 

8 0432 KLMDAVAR014RAiBMaga7-11-0_— 

7 2046 CHAU0E8FET24KB4QffiiMl-O_— JKIOnaiw 

8 84 COMEDY ROAD 28 W A Stsphanson 5-10-7 A hlMiigan 
9-4 Oami John, 6-2 BaBkta Vard. 5-1 Caramtonaon, 

8-1 interim Lib, 7-1 Comedy Road. 12-1 others. 

2J> SEAGRAM 100 PIPB1S CHAMPIONSHIP 
NOVICES HURDLE (Qualifier: 4-Y-O: £1,688: 2m) 


1 2121 SWEET CITY 24 ryjctxn G RkhWdSlt-6-NDoMbty 

2 012 BMQHTAISLE22to/BFjG) NTHdarlf-6- GMeOovt 

3 303 MACHO MAN 14 p,3) B Moore 11-8-pilvan 

4 8 BECKWITH ISM NejgMto 11-0-QBredtey 

5 22 0000 MOOD 24 WJJSWlaon 11-0™ Gar 

6 PO HKJHLYDECORATHJ58 J JCNafi 11-ft-— 

7 MO RMEB SPIRIT 8 P MonteMl 11-0.—..D Motto 

8 QURJUUE22SFJ Lon 10-8-SUam 

^^88 GwettOiy, 11-4Good Mood, Macho Marv 11-2Bright 

230 COUNTY OF AYR HANICAP CHASE (£2,768: 
4m 120yd) (6) 

1 4011 POLAR NOMAP 14 (F,S)W A 3MphanMH 6-1 T-7 

2 1311 BRUNO JACK JBJCWDMeGwva 8-112. GMoCoart 

3 Witt MERCYLESB14 (8)5M oore 1Q-1Q8. JCttbJkW (7) 

4 2363 CLONROCHE GAZETTE 17 (C^ W Fakgrien £l0-5 

BSMV 

6 XU RANEBYIKfr 25 CAtonnNr 14*1041—Gar LmmM 

6 6-34 PRO-TOKEN 43 C RatEMa 9-W-O_PAFanttf 

11-8 Marcy Leas, 2-1 BHng Jack, 100K30 Polar Nomad, 
10-1 Ckmiocha Parana. 25-1 Panegyrist, 50-1 Pro-Totan. 

&0 SYMWGTON HANDICAP HUKMLE (£1^48:2m. 

M)(8) 

1 812* 

2 3*19 

3 2212 

4 1F0F 

5 0023 

6 138P 

7 13-6 
0 fHffi 

9-4 WBaaex, 7-2T)maaio, 941 Rkius. 5-1 Beater. 7-1 Gun¬ 
ner Mae. 12-1 ohtn- 


DMcGrow8-11-2. GMoCoart 
Joore 10-10-6. J Ca—ttMe (7) 
W(C«WFafegrte8?1Q6 




FOLKESTONE ' 


Selections 

By Mandarin 

1.15 Gulf Palace. 1.45 Kafarmo. 2.15 Kodiak 
Island. 2.45 Kate’s GirL 3.15 day HilL 3-45 Short 
List. 4.15 Bob’s Advice. 

GohKP good (chases); good to soft (/unifies) 

1.15 NORTH1AM NOVICES HURDLE (4-Y-O: 
£1,088:2m 100yd) (18 runners) 

1 0145 INTERPLAY 14(PAR(TSiBMan 11-3- 0O’Stttesn(7) 

2 281 ROVS) MtosTD Esworlfi 11-3-JFrott 

3 EASTERN EW5ttHg116FJ Long IP-10 NO N - nUH NBI 

4 63S ELEGANT STRANGER 15 M TompMng 10-10 

SSmttiEedM 

5 BP GUURQRAMT8 BEST 53 TBherington 10-10 E Murphy 
8 M QUlF PALACE 49 R Akahuat 10-i0_ Dtta McKaown 

7 2-23 NUFOKIHAVEN21 JScaroB 10-10-HDavtea 

8 03*0 PMEYPOBITSGRUay 10-10-GMoore 

9 3262 STJVTHAHSLAD 12RCurfe 10-10_RGottateb) 


_ HOavisa 
— Q Moore 
RGottateb) 
M AtarnJT) 
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52 SPORT 


THE TIMES SATURDAY 


CRICKET: AUSTRALIA TAKE ADVANTAGE IN FOURTH TEST AS RICHARDS LOSES HIS WAY 


DOG SLED RACING 


Pitch draws West Indies 9 sting 


From John Woodcock, 

Sydney 
rh«o was a time when West 
would have been dis¬ 
appointed not to have bowled 
tasteaEa out for 150, or 
}?»eabout$, at the Sydney 
picket Ground yesterday. As 
it was , when play ended on the 
second day of the Fourth Test 
natch, Australia were 200 for 
3 and only 24 r uns behind 
West Indies. With 110 not out 
Boon had done more than 
Anyone to lay the foundation 
of what OOuld be a winning 
lead. 

The lesson of the day, and a 
very timely one too, was that 
there is more to being a great 
bowling side than pace like 
fire. When, now, conditions 
were as unhelpful to the foster 
bowlers as they were 
avourable to spin. West In- 
were shown up. Their 
slow bowlers, all of 
10 m are off-spinners of a 
land, took one for 143 in 67 
overs, with bowling that was a 
devastating indictment of the 
one-day game. 

On a pitch offering slow but 
generous turn. Harper bowled 
at and outside the leg stump to 
the right handers, eventually 
with seven men on the leg side 
— two short legs, a deep mid- 
on, a mid-wicket and square-' 
leg both saving one, a long leg 
and a deep square-leg. It 
served a mainly negative pur¬ 
pose. Richards and Hooper 
did much the same. Their only 
success came when Jones was 
bowled round his legs as he 
tried to paddle a short ball 
from Richards down to fine- 
leg. I shudder to think what 
Ramadhin and Valentine, or 


Scoreboard 


WEST notes: first 

HflTfTW|75. C G Graertdge 


224 (D L 
A R Border 


GRMarstrcDiqwbMarahaS 

DC Boon not out-- 

DM Jones b 


'A R Border not out, 


SR 


(b3.lb5.nbB). 
(3 wks), 


.110 
_29 
.. IS 
-16 


.200 


WSHgh.t1AHeah.TMAUeninn.TV 
ns. P LTnylor and MGHugMs to bat 
F ALL OF VWCKETS: 1-14,2-43.3-114, 
BOWLING: Marshall 12-10-4-1; Ambrose 
19-4-36-1: Harper 30-8-60-0; Welsh 5-2-6- 
0; Hooper 17-4-36-0; Richards 21-1-40-1. 
UmpbBK L J King andTA PUjb. 


Sobers and Gibbs would have 
thought of it alL Laker and 
Tom Goddard must be fum¬ 
ing in their graves. 

It was, all the same, an 
interesting day, not least 
because it was so unusual I 
am not sure that Richards 
considers cricket a game 
worth playing on pitches as 
slow as this one. The perverse 
streak in him takes over. It 
happened once in a Test 
match against New Zealand at 
Wellington when, because he 
thought so little of the pitch, 
be went for 177 overs without 
taking a new ball 
Yesterday Marshall and 
Ambrose were, in practice, 
much his most dangerous 
bowlers. They pitched the ball 
up and were accurate, and 
they are very good. Yet Mar¬ 
shall spent from 11.50 until 
5.15 grazing in the outfield. 
His opening spell was 8-6-4- 1 ; 
in his sixth over he had Marsh 
caught at the wicket off an out- 
swinger. When he bowled 
next, four overs with the 
second new ball he finished 
with only one slip, although 
neither Boon nor Border was 


Crowe celebrates 
his Test recall 


Hamilton (Reuter) - The Paki¬ 
stanis drew their three-day 
match with the New Zealand 
President's XI here yesterday 
ifter the weather on Thursday 
aad prevented any chance of a 
result. 

The Pakistanis gained a first 
nnmgs lead of 41 when the 
President's XI captain, John 
Wright, declared at 261 for five. 
But the cricket seldom matched 
yesterday’s ideal conditions and 
he Pakistanis used their second 
nnings, which lasted 35 overs, 
is batting practice. 

Imran Khan, the Pakistan 
a pt ai n, provided the highlight 
>f the innings with one six and 
seven fours before being caught 
or 49 by Jeff Crowe off Andrew 
VuttalL When stumps were 
Irawn the Pakistanis were 108 
or three. 

Earlier, the former New Zea- 
and captain. Crowe, celebrated 
lis retur n to t he Test scene with 
i solid innings of 58, which 
nduded six fours. 

Not so fortunate was Chris 
paints, aged 18, the son of the 
onner Test all-rounder, Lance, 
ie retired hurt after being hit in 
he face by a short, rising ball 
ram I m ran. 


FALL OF WICKETS: 1-26.2-78.3-106. 
BOWUNG: Bracewfl 9-2-28-0; Johnson 
13-4-37-0; NuttaB 113-2-37-3; Frank*! 2- 
0-6-0. 


NZ PRESfflENTS Xfc first brings 

T J FrankAn Ibw b Imran . ga 

*JG Wright eShoaibbJansr_73 

R H Vanes e Yousuf b Jotter_1 

J J Crown c fez b Aaqib_58 

A H Jones b Imran __ n 


t£ B McSwaensy not out. 
C Cairns ret hurt . 


B P BmcewBll not out. 


Extras fb 1, lb 10. nb 10 ), 
Total (Swfcisdac)_ 


.44 

.25 

.5 


.21 


.261 


D N RatBL A Nuttan and V F Johnson did 
not bat 


FALLOFWIC1CETS: 1-52.2-69.3-134,4- 
155.5-207. 


BOWLING: Imran 26-7-694: Aaob 27-8- 
61-1; Jaffar 1644-56* Itaz 60-23-0; 
Totoesf 20-9-43-0; Sboaft) 2-1-1-0. 


at aU at ease against him. 
Pretty well the first bouncer of 
the day came a quarter-of-an- 
hour before the dose. In the 
two previous Test matches, 
there were two in most oven 
and five in some. 

By last night Richards had 
lost patience with one of the 
umpires, and I was not al¬ 
together surprised. Umpiring 
is a difficult job at the best of 
times, which this is not, and it 
does seem rather a lottery 
whether Mr Prue gets it right 
or not. An appeal for a catch at 
short off Harper, which 
Bonier survived when he had 
yet to score, obviously rankled 
with the West Indians. Border 
is still there, having batted for 
two hours 20 minutes and 
added 86 with Boon. 

Putting Boon in at No. 3, so 
that Mark Taylor should open 
with Marsh, worked wonders. 
Boon's hundred, his seventh 
for Australia and first against 
West Indies, was his thud in 
successive Sydney Test 
matches, following 131 
against India in 1985-86 and 
184 not out against England in 
last year’s Bicentennial game. 
-He is what he looks - four¬ 
square and genuine. In the last 
three hours of the day he 
scored 86, having, with 
Jones's help, broken West 
Indies 1 effort to bring the 
match to a standstill Richards 
gave him a special cheer at the 
end and he well deserved it. 

But it was a long while 
before Australia had dared 
even to look for the initiative. 
There was a time before lunch, 
with Harper bowling wide of 
the leg stump, when Boon was 
watching even long hops go by 
for fear of doing as West 
Indies had on Thursday, and 
getting out to them. The first 
hour of the day brought only 
18 runs from 15 overs, the J 
second 21 runs from 18 over, 
the third 32 from 17 overs. 

When Taylor was yorked by 
Ambrose in the 37th over of 
Australia's innings he had 
done more than his more 
senior partners to let some air 
in. In the hour before tea that 
finally happened: 19 overs 
brought 60 runs. Goodness 
knows when West Indies last 
bowled 19 overs in an hour in 
a Test match, or 104 in a day. 
During the evening Border 
was happy to keep up his end, 
while Boon went on a maraud. 
The match is so well ahead of 
the clock that it was better for 


. 



Skiers move aside 
as lupine power 
takes to the pistes 


By Jeremy Hart 


for 


In Alaska, dog-sled racing is the including an anmraj 

official sport in Eranptu it is for dog food, an 

virtually unknown. The sight of 5 rations damoar for 

R fur-lined “masher” on a L e „ expertise as a dogg ed 
traditional wooden sled guiding Riddles hnskie 

his team of a dozen psntuig w mnc h sought after 
huskies across the pistes of the P flaI ^. bnm iie worth op to 
French and Italian Alps is rare „^| V latest litter is named 

—and for skiers not rare euough. ^jo^ieague basketball 

France, skiers kick yonr players," she said. 

dogs and say they stink.” Jean- nowerfbl huskies, the 

Patrick Gnilland, one of only a The pwj" - n fhe 

handful of Europeans who breed only _ heroes of 

and race the wolf-like buskie, J^*"** 1 “forteIditarod. 
said. “When we race in Italy or dog-sled racing- 

Switzerland, the skiers there a team of 14 dogs can rnn for op 

don't seem to mind ." to jo hours at over 10 nmesan 

Slders in eastern France will hour on snow and ice- ‘ ,c yL 
not have been best pleased this too much emphasis on 
week as Europe's biggest dog- mashers. h m the 
sled race, the Alpirod. enss- Gnrodjean. the chief . 

_i v. »h.i abm tkn Italian ATm*«ul nnvtltM OQt. t IIC •WU 

In show 


crossed its way over the Italian Alpirod. pointed out 
border. stars are the dogs 

Taking in 1.000 Itffomefres of jumping or 
disjointed stages through parts greyhound racing, y 
S^SiS^ncfa, sSsHnd name of wh> not m 

German Alps, the Alpirod is the dog-sled racing. 


| groTwipgr marathon of its kind 
.outside Alaska. 

Named after the Iditarod — 
the ultimate in the canine racing 
world and held over 1,000 miles 
of sob-Arctic wilderness in 
Alaska in March — the Euro¬ 
pean race has attracted the 
sport’s top names. Libby Rid¬ 
dles, the first woman to win the 


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Sacond Innings 

Upnin Khan c Crowe b NuttaH_49 

^atam Youauf c sub b Nutufl_n 

■rioaiJ Mohammed net out_24 

tax Ahmad bNuttafl___21 

Extras (nb3)___3 


• Crowe's return to form this 
season has earned him a recall to 
the New Zealand team for the 
first Test against Pakistan in 
Dunedin starting on Friday. The 
former captain, aged 30, was 
dropped last year after a series of 
poor batting performances. 

Crowe's brother. Martin, who 
missed New Zealand's tour of 
India because of illness, also 
returns. Rob Vance, after his 
magnificent 254 not out in a 
Shell Trophy match, joins John 
Wright, the captain, in opening 
the batting in place of Trevor 
Franklin. 

New Zealand have named 
four seamen including Willie 
Watson, who has been included 
ahead of Danny Morrison, de¬ 
spite his good form. 


Total p w«s). 


.108 


M^Mol'HUnWSq. Javed Mtan- 
*4 Haute Ra*. Aaqto Javed, Sahara 
alter and Tauswf Aimed dM not baL 


„ ^_.^RH 

Vanca, A H Jones, M D Crown, M J 
GreattMteh, J J Crowe, R J Hadtee. ID S 
Smith, J G BracemB. M C Sneddon. W 
Watson, EJCtwtfieM. 


Australia to finish with three 
wickets down and the runs 
they have got than with five 
wickets gone and, say, 30 runs 
more. 

That section of the crowd of 
17,531 who look for "instant 
gratification" had a thing or 
two to say, but even they were 
humoured by Boon. There is a 
lot of cricket left in the match, 
frill of promise though Austra¬ 
lia’s present position obvi¬ 
ously is. 

So for, 3,486 fewer people 
have watched two days of 
tensely-fought Test cricket 
than came to the last meaning¬ 
less one-day qualifying match 
of the World Series Cup 
between the same two sides on 
tite same ground. An Austra¬ 
lian victory might not reverse 
that trend, but it would help to 
curtail it 


Back on top: David Boon st ren g th ens Australia's position with an mbeahm iff) y^tprday 


Hick passes 10,000 runs 


BySimoaWSde 


Graeme Hick, the Worcester¬ 
shire and aspiring En gland bats¬ 
man, has been challenging 
further batting records. Hick, 
who is spending the winter 
playing for Central Districts in 
New Zealand, took his career 
aggregate past 10,000 first-class 
runs last week during an innings 
of 121 not out against Welling¬ 
ton. 

At the age of 22 years 237 
days, he narrowly foiled to 
become the youngest batsman 
to reach this target The world 
record is thought to he held by 
Javed Miandad, who scored his 
10.000th run in January, 1980, 
at the age of 22 years 227 days. 

Hick, who has scored three 
centuries in his first four 
matches for Central Districts in 


the Shell Trophy, New Zea¬ 
land's domestic first-class com¬ 
petition, can take consolation in 
ha ving taken fewer innings than 
Miandad to the landmark, 185* 
as against 252. In this respect, 
though, Bradman must once 
ag ain have the last word, having 
reached five figures in only 126 
innings. 

Putting Hick’s achievement 
into further perspective, Alan 
Ealham, who reached the brink 
of the England team, played for 
16 years with Kent up to 1982, 
yet in that time accumulated 
only 10,996 runs from 466 
innings at an average of 27.62. 
Hick's career average presently 
stands at 60 l2I. 

Equally revealingly, George 
Emmett, of Gloucestershire, 


who was selected to open the 
batting in a Test against Austra¬ 
lia in 1948, enjoyed a c areer of 
almost 900 inning*? in which he 
accumulated 37 centuries, the 
same number as the youthful 
Hick already has to his nama. 

In case Worcestershire may 
be alarmed at the prospect of 
Hick damaging his appetite for 
runs, he appears to be regarding 
his winter in the southern 
hemisphere as purely a holiday. 

The biggest of his three him-’ 
dreds for Central Districts is an 
uncharacteristically modest 145 
and he has so for resisted the 
temptation to rival Rob Vance's 
254 for Wellington, to which 
Hick had to field out and which 
is the h ig hest score in New 
Zealand for 20 years. 


The “captain" of the team is 
the lead dog: the huskie at the 
front of the pack who responds 
to the instructions shouted from 
the masher aboard the sled 
almost 40 feet behind. “If you 
pnt a dog at the front who is 
unhappy there, the rest of the 
team will feel it,” Riddles said, 
urea, uw uiH nvuwu n» ■■ “ — “The best sort of lead dog is 
Iditarod, Joe Runyan, the win- but obeys your instruc- 

uer of the first Alpirod last year, tjons. There's no point haring a 
and Joe Rediugton sen, the dog which is so smart it won't 
founder of the Iditarod in the Hs^n to you." 
seventi^. last flew their teams whooshed 

£3 ,000, over the fl j ie j r wgy around the crunchy 
North Pole to a Europe devoid of snQV/ 0 fCoannay eur, the only 
any real snow. other noise being the commands 

“It’s snowing in France at the from the masher and a strong 
moment," one masher said in panting from the huskies. The 
■Cburmayeur, where the slopes sight of a dozen dogs and a sled 
were snowless. “How many racing is deceptively tranquil: 
flakes?” Jacques Philip, the top “The speed is awesome at 
racer in Europe, replied. “I'm off times.” Riddles said. 

The Alpirod finishes in 
ntifipsuiLTwelve hours later it Asiagjo< northern Italy, on Feb¬ 
ruary 5, snow and skiers permit- 
Morale in the kennels ting The snow is encouraged, 
changed with the weather. Dogs th» minority of skiers not. 
began bowling and the mashers. Stages in eastern Switzerland 
who had Invested £10,000 each aix ] - m ^ Black Forest "f*»r 
to Journey to a snow-free conri- Todtmoos might be cancelled 
mmt, jmfled at last. Before the next week, but unless the 
“ft o» snow, many had vowed “Greenhouse effect” or any 
never to return, bat the tune soon other phenomenon stops the 
chan g ed , and Riddles, outstand- snow in 1990 or la te* into the 
mg hi a wmM of amateurs, sang decade. Riddles's prediction of 
die Alpirods praises. yhf Alpirod becoming an 

Riddles is a true professional “Iditarod of Europe” is on 
iaPekhiese-sizedspoit.Spoit- target. 



AUSTRIA 

, _ Engwfin.v -..•>■.>%...• 

SWITZERLAND 

..laaarve - 01 

[ Geneva X A. ✓ 

—rf* Canazei 

I Bessans F-.ftosta . ., . , .. Asiago 

, Qar~Moncenisio 
Bramaim © , TuTin 

I Briancon^ J 


50 miles 


11 23rd Jan Counnayeur 7 31st Jan EngaiEn- 

. _ . 30Km Bffalofa-Lavm 

12 24th Jan Susa-Moncanmo- 90Km 

Bessans 80Km 8 1st Jan Livigno 70Km 

3 25th Jan Bramans- 9 2nd Fab Moena-Canazet- 

. __ , Bwsans 70Km - Moena 70Km 

4 27th Jan Sagnela^er 10 3rd Fab Dobbiaco-Cortina 

^ 90Km 60Km 

5 28th Jan Saignelegier 11 4th Feb Asiago- 200Km 

90Km Altopiano Sette 

6 29th Jan Tacftmoos l50Km 5th Fob Comuni 


GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND FIXTURES 


f ■ football 

A Cup 

ourth round 

•stun ViHa v Wimbledon 


Barclays League 
Third division 


ATHLETICS 


Bristol ROvors v Bolton 

Bury v Fulham 


SimodCup 

Quarter-final 


Uackbum v Shefftetd Wed' 
iradford v Hull 


Cardiff v Port Vale 


Mntfoid v Man City 
iharlton v Ketturing. 
irlmsby v Reading 


lartlepool v Bournemouth- 

Ian Utd v Oxford Utd_ 

Watford v Derby, 


lonvtch v Slitlon Utd_ 

tottm Forest v Leeds_ 

Tymouth v Everton-- 

ihetfieM Utd v Colchestar- 
tote v Barnsley 


Chosterfieid v No r t ha mp to ti 
Gffinratam v Huddersfield — 

Mansfield v Blackpool_ 

Preston v Bristol City_ 

Southend v Aldershot- 

Fourth division 
Bur 


Middlesbrough v C Palace 
Scottish Cup 
Third round 


B and Q Scottish League 
Second tfivision 


RUGBY UNION 


East FKe v Berwick 


East Stirting v Arbroath 


Celtic v Dumbarton 


GM VamhaB Conference 


P iHdn gton Cup 
Hand round 

Aspatria v Moseley (2.15) 
Bath v Oxford 


Clydebank v Montrose, 


Dundee v Dundee Utd 


„ tUWvTVanjnore 

Carfisle v Halifax 


DunlermBne v Aberdeen 

Falkirk v Motherwell_ 

Forfar v Clyde __ 

Afloav Albion__ 

Hearts v Ayr 


Ayieslxiryv Maidstone 

Enfield v Altrincham __ 

Fisher v Barnet 


Bedford v Nottingham 


Blackheath v Waterloo (2.15) 
Bristol v Oman 


Kettering v Yeovil_ 

Macclesfield v Northwtcti. 


Newport v Wycombe 
Runcorn v Boston 


Brixham v Gloucester (2L30J. 
Gosfortn v Wakefield (2.0) „ 
Havant v Hereford (2^0) 


Bteabrthana. Kant first dhtaioR Batt- 
g^^gsr v Tonbridge; Bramtey v Old 
Bttwnwiw: Park House v Gangtnm 
AnUi; Snowdown QoBory v Erfth; Treumt 
WfljiOMtifs v Msdwiy. fi mtinT frrii 
AMon: BunessHi vHiywards l l eat f i, 
Brgim n V Sussex Pokes; CtecfWsWr v 

Easttoixna; Seatord v HeMngly; UdcfleM 

v How. Hanpeblre first dhiw Esso v 
Sandown and ShanMn; Fareham Hea- 
tners v Rusterwoc Fbrtikigbridga v 
v Guernsey: 


Wo of Wight 


Tonontarn v 


=wlndon v West Ham 


A .CHALLENGE VASE: Foortb round 
qSepc Thatcftsm^Town Tiverton Town; 
arrogate v North Ferriby uu 
NWS LO AMS LEAGUE: Hist dWhrion 
■•ftwon Town v NatfwrfwW; CMne 
lynamow v Sutlon_Town; Droytedan v 
«t»p Auckland; Eastwood Hanley v 
airaon AMm PMeyCeHfc v Lancaster 
Myt.Mam Town v Penrttfi; Leek Town v 
OTirmonSonley: RadcWfo w Eastwood 
owWWfley Bay v Congleton Town; 
nrawid Utd v Harrogaio Town; 

Avttngton v Newttwn. 

NORTH WEST COUNTIES 
E4WE :_FirBt d Msto i (2J0): Bootle v 
reteot Cabte s: Burscough v SaHbrd 
'■“P .Pofinhy.» Rroiondaio Utd; 

JHEAT MBL1S LEAGUE: Piemter dL 
tamn: Fronts Town v Sattash ust 
teewd AthV Mfnehsed: MangowteW u 
Vralton Rovers: Paulion Rovers v 
ftadstock Town v 
«rd Town; Swanage and Herston v 
■new Manor Farm; Taunton Town v 

«vedon Town; Torrington v Dawfish 
own. 

ORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE; 
rKntordbWon: BricBngton TrWte v 
rmltiome Wettere; Dsnatw Utd v Befpor 
Own (2.15); Emiey v Osset; Atom; 
v HaHan : Hatf^rd Main v 

ll!??" 1 T ST7lt g JS); Long Eaten UM v 
riwmwn (2.15): Pontefract Coileries v 

rpteytDtumliaJUWv Qfc iie il iu iu ep.0). 


Darlington v Crewe_ 

Exeter v Rochdale_ 

Lincoln v Peterborough 
Scarborough v Hereford 
Scunthorpe v York. 


Htoemian v Brechin 
Morton v Airdrie 


Partick v St Mirren 


Stafford v Sutton Utd 

Telford v Choriey_ 

Weymouth v wen 


Liverpool St H v Leicester (130) 

L Irish v Beny HSI (Z30)_ 

L Scottish v Saracens (1 




ling 


Torquay v Doncaster. 


Queen of the South v Kilmarnock . 

Queer's Park v Stranraer_ 

Raith v Rangers 


HOCKEY 


Richmond v Northampton (2.; 
Rosslyn Pk v Plymouth Alb “ 


St Johnstone v Stenhousemuir 


rtelen: Asfttree MlgtifMd v Dudey Town; 
Bridgnorth Town v Glouce s ter Cay; Cov¬ 
entry Sporting v Halesowen Town; Forest 
Green Rovers v Tan w torth; Grantham 

Town v RusMen Town; Hednestord Town 

V Boston Town; Nuneaton Borough v 

Kings Lyrm; Stourbridge v Attierstone Utd; 
wa&ngbarough Town v Sutton CCMMd 
Town; WBentwH Town v Me Oak Rovers. 
Souttwm dMateo: Andover v Hounslow; 


Otw 


Gravesend and NortMtaet v Ertth and 
Betvedere; Poole Town v Hastings Town; 
Runup v Folkestone; Sheppey Utd v 
Btodock Town; Trowbridgo Town v 
Tonbridge AFC; Witney Town v Thenet 
Utd. 

ABACUS WELSH LEAGUE: Notional rfi- 
vtoion (2.15b AFC Caitiff v Maostog; 
Brecon v Abergawnny: Briton Ferry v 
Bridgend; Coerieon v Ebbw Vale; Mfltord v 
Barm Pembroke v Aberystwyth; 
Fom fc in fr aith v Haverfordwest; ran Tal¬ 
bot v Ton Petra. 

XRTHU«*N LfAGUfe PrmUr dM storc 
CNgweMans v Carthusians; Lancing v 
Mawemlans; Repttnians v ChofrneBan 
First division: Bradfieldlans v 
WeNngboraugh; Otbens v wyfcehamiets; 
W es mtine te r v Foresters. Artier Dura 
Cup: Second round: Etonians v 
Brantwoods. 


9K0L. HOHTHERN LEAGUE: Phvt CR- 

vMmi: BHkrgham Syntnortia v Easngton; 
Bythe Spartans v Crook Town; Chester to 
Street V FarryhM Ath; Gretna v Durham 
City; North Shields v Guteboreugh; 
Sbtfdon v Brandon utd; South Bar* v 
Seaborn Red Stan Spermyrnoor Utd v 
BWnohani Town; Stockton v Newcastle 
Blue Star; WMtby Town v Tow Law Town. 
SOUTH EAST COUNTSES LEAGUE: First 
dhriaten: Chelsea v MHwolt FHjlbam v 
Norwich City: GOnghan v Tottenham: 
Ipswich Town v Arsenal; Leyton O v 
Chariton AttK Portsmouth v Watford; OPR 
v West Ham Utd; Southend Utd v 
Cambridge UttL Second d to l a lo re Brent- 
fart v Wimbledon: Brighton v Bristol 
Rovers: CoKhesur Utd v Bristol Ctty. 
Reading v Oxford Utd; Southampton v 
Luton Town; Swindon Town v Boume- 
moutii; Totunham v Crystal Palace. 
BASKETBALL 


Uutearteh^ indoor Tounament 

PBtONl BEER SOUTH LEAGUE: Premier 
League: Ame rsh am v Soynoaks; Bognor 


Rug^jy v Harlequins C^0) 
Wasps v Durham (2^0} ... 


Schwmpes Welsh Cup 
Fifth round 


Lyons; Fareham v AytostMyT’oid 
OW Tauntons v 


CARLSBERG LEAGUE.’ 
Livingston; Solent v 
NATWEST TROPHY: Soet 


Gty V 


i Qua 


rtar- 

'vBratSotel. 
NATIONAL LEAGUE Fhst dhristofc Mm 
Corby Fhere v Gateshead Viangs (8.0): 
OJdtrsm Celtics v Brtxton Topcats (8.93; 
Oxtort Park v worthing Beers 18.0}: 

Plymouth RaWws v Bimangbam BuOets 
(7^1). Women: CrystalIPaiace v Stockport 
p-0); Kingston v Sheffield Halters (&0); 
LonaonYMCAv Northampton (ZD) 


MWwWts v CMcheatar;__ , 

Merden R: Troians v Lewes; Trmbridge 
y t ^fart Haw ^WnchS 9 ; 

Easkota. jlanhinafn IfoniiiihhwiiT— 

Bournemouth and WH^vSnS* 

Nat Wilt Bank v Southampton UMvwsity; 
OM Edwana mrs v Bar nes; Woking v Mat 
P°*ca- Kwqsuwmc BrMnon v Mato- 
store: FOfcretone v Rochester and 
GOinghain; Gravesend «i Burnt Ash: 
MkMeton v Worthing: Old Baccahemtam 
v Lloyds Bade Old WBHams v Old 
Bordens: Thames Poly v Mid-Sussex; 
Tonbridge v Heme Bay. Middx. Becks. 
Bucks aad Oxon: Brecknea v High 
Wycombe; City o( Oxfard v Hayes; Harrow 
Town Swans v Gerrards Cnsse; Hendon v 
British Airways; Marlow v Tiahurst OMT 
.. - Adelaide; Sutoury v NPU 

Jng University. 

----- Bartwd Tigers v Chadd- 

esetey Corbett: Daast on v Notts Gregory; 
Bridgnorth v Kidderinkistar; Bromsgrove 
v Pbrshae: Droitwich v Tentxey: Eve- 
sham V Klnga heativ Manchester Spons 
Ckto v Leek; O SOhiKans v Pickwick; O 

WuWwrtaravWWverti e mp i o n ; Standard v 

6EC Coventry; West Bridgfard v Bowne; 
Worcester Norton v Upton. 

WOMElfc NetWest Essex League: First 
JfivWore Chettrefart V Havering; CBd 
Loughtontans v Clacton. 


Cardiff v Aberevon Quins 
Ebbw Vale v Afc 


Glamorgan Wdre v Taffs WeU 

Glyrvwafov Bridgend (Z30)_ 

Ltanharan v Sth Wales Po&ce (Z30) 
Neath v Blarna 


Newport v Newbridge 
“ J v UanelB .. 


Pontypridd' 


McEwarYs National League 
Ayr v Edinburgh Aoads, 
Boroughmuir v Heriot's 
Glasgow H/Kelv v Melrose 
Hawfak v Watson ians | 

Jed-Forest v Glasgow_ 

Stewmfs Mrf FP v Selkirk,_ 

West of Scotland v Ketso (2.30) 
Club matches 

Broughton Park v Obey (2JO)_ 

Cross Keys v Tredegar__ 

Fylde v Rountfoay (£30)__ 

Hull and ERv Manchester (2.15)_ 

Maesteg v Met Police 



Northern v Hartlepool R (215) 
Oxford Unlv v Nuneaton 


Sale v Winnington Park (245)_ 

Sheffield V Kendal (230)_ 

Swansea vL Welsh_ 


TOMORROW 


LACROSSE 


0 mien stared 


FOOTBALL 


A Cup 
outh round 


RttwaH v Liverpool (3.05) 
cottlsh FA Cup 
hwd round 

badowbank v Hamilton. 


STONES afTTER CHAMPtONSHB*: S«e- 
ontl dhriston: Hunatst v Brantiay (3L30). 

RUGBY UNION 

LEICESTERSHIRE CUR SemMiral; 
Oadfr^^^toniang v Stoneygate (YL 

SornNemMas CUR SemMhal e : 
Pavtora V MfinsfleJtt Southwe« v Newark. 

BOWLS 


NA7KMAL LEAGUE: Flret cBvitiOlk Mn 
GateslwadVBdngsv Worthing Bears (4.pt 
Tower Hamlets v Okmem Celtics (4.0). 
Women: Brixton Lady Topcats v Carttfl 
(4.0); CrvaaJ Palace v London Jets {3.0k 
London YMCA v Tyneetoe (2(ft Notting¬ 
ham v Stockport (4J3); Nort ha mp to n v 
kltiwich (3J30L 


Brim Ngrthem LwguK FirM tfivuMxc O 
Hutoieians v O Wa a onian s i Sheffield v 
Rochdale; Sheffield University v Stodc- 

pori; rmiperiey v Heaton Mwuy. 

Avon Ineuraiwe Senior Flags: Seoend 
round: Manor v sale. 


v Worthing; 


HANDBAU 


CRICKET 


BRITISH LEAGUE (Men): Biriunhead v 
Tryst 77; Olympia Cannock v Ashford 
Tanners. 


ardaya League 
Mrd division 


Comweg v Devon (Newquay); Surrey v 
Middlesex (Richmond). 


HANDBALL 


otte Co v Wol v e r h a m pto n ( 120 ) « 


RUGBY LEAGUE 

UCCUTCTIAUJaiGE CUP. First round: 
vrow vHuddertoleW; Ceriisto v Mans- 
« PJ0); _Ct»riay v Thatto Heath; 


BRITISH CUP. First round (IBank 
Ljyorpool v Wolves Poly ”83: KIritfw Select 
v AaWonJ Tenners; mmnOfUn University 
y Coventry. Women: Wolves Poly *83 v 
Hetewood Town lades. 

BRITISH LEAGUE (Men): Manchester 
United SSS v Btocenhsod; Leleester 73 v 


NATIONAL LEAGUE; Pnrotier {fivMom 
Sheffield v Manchester (5.0); Peter- 
boroug h v Sofihuil (030); Oartfart v 
Tottenham pj)); Rocndete v Hufl (Utt 
Hounslow V Ipswich (1.0); Leeds v 
Vrtgtgngton,^ WMtogborough, 


3 


ICE HOCKEY 

HEMBSNlLEAGUE: Premier dhriaten 
(A3ft ftirtem v Nottingham; MunayMd 
v Whitley; Peterbo ro ugh * Tnystoe: Son* 
hufl v Ayr; Streathem v Rfe (8,15). 


HOCKEY 


W^Shef^vLelghfiiS);SvmTtonv 

wtmgwn v HaHax; nntenaven v 
<Mstona^Ok Y«kv Leeds («t York 


Jjda.British cues Indoor Tournament 
(BiRTtingharn). 


BASKETBALL 


CAgUSBERglLEAGUE; Leicester vOys- 
tslPebco;Gtas{^wv Manchester. _ 


VOLLEYBALL 

ROYAL BANK ENGLISH LEAGUE: First 
dtvtekMK Men: Tune Out Spark v Hflton 
Leeds; WH White Pool v Staffordshire 
Moorlands. WteMK AehcotntM Byenco v 

Sparto Britannle v Brtxton Knights; MG! 
Wessex v Southern* Scoroiane: 
areiogtem Ai v Portsmouth HetesecL 


VOLLEYBALL 

ROYAL BANK BK3USH LEAGUE: Pint 
dMskm; Mae: WH WNta Poole v Malory; 
Lhrerpool Ctty v Bradford: Raabdc Red¬ 
wood Lodge v SteffordsWre Moorlands: 
Polonta v Httton trads: Star Aqu8a v Ume 
Out Spark; Capte City v Speedwell 
Rucanor. 

ROYAL BANK SCOTTISH LEAGUE: Rnt 
division: Ifcm: Effiott &»rts Jets v Team 
RfoiTaam NovasportDVv Team Scottish 
Farm; East Kforioe vSu Ragazi; Betishfl 
Cartl hats v Bon AeeoitL Women; Provin¬ 
cial insurance v Teem Scottish Farm; 
Wheatsheat Jets v Faflurfc; Lartjert Ladies 
V Inverdydo; Kyle v Glasgow Bennerman; 
Csriuke Brannock v Oekttta Ksdahead. 


ICE HOCKEY 


HBNEKEH LEAGUE; Premier dMatan: 
Ayr v Murreyfield (7.0k Hfo v Durham 
(7.16); Nottingham v TeysUe (8JQ); 
rvf 


LONDON AND SOUTH EAST. First tO- 
vtstoo: Ipswich v Guidlort and Godai- 
ming; North Vtteisham v OartfonSans; Okf 
Gaytontens v Basingstoke: RtrisVp v 
StreatJiam/CUNdon; US Portsmouth v 
Lewes. Second div is i on north: Bishop's 
Stretford v Berwna Norwich y OH 
Merchant Taytors; Thurrock v Old Afla- 
rtiafts: Upper Cteoton v Oreee t toppere; 
waodfort v Hanford, Second ovSfen 
eoutie Eater v Parley; Gravesend 
Camtwl^: Old BreekMens 
Old Rsi^dian v Old . 
■Tunbridge WtiflsvKCS OB. TMrri i 
north east; Chingtart v Brentwood: Eton 
Manor v Oto C an tabrig ia n: Met Pollca. 
CMgwtfl v Ipswich YMCA; OW WestcBf- 
fiana v Cokhssten west Norfolk v 
Cambridge. Ttrird dMatan norfli west: 
Bacevtans v Ktaraburioi; Finchley v 
Hemel Hempstead; Letdiworth v Hendon; 
St Mara's Hospital v Harrow; TabantvMB 
HH. ThlRl dMatan earth east Beck¬ 
enham v OW Dunstonian, Bognor v Old 
Juddfan, Cterflon Park v East Grinsteed, 
Horsham v crawwy, ou CoMeians v OW 
Beccehamtarts. TMnf dhrieton aourt 
wait Gosport v EasdeUt; Guy’s Hospital 
v vwnchestec 0W wtttcfitans v Atton; Old 

Emanuel v Jersey; Portsmouth v OW 
Guddfontians. Eastern Cwmtt o* Basfl- 
don v Romford bim GP; Bwy St Ednuxte 
v Carney island; Crusaders v Harlow; 
Lowestoft and Yar v By; Ftochfort v 
Redbridge. MkMeeex first amok 
H ampstead v OU Paines; Lensbury v 
Centaurs; London Now Zeeland v OU 
Mbbotetonlans; Twickenham v steiras; 
UxOridgevGuttoury Court HerifordaM* 
flirt tflutetoe: uW venHamtons v 
Harpenden; Royston v OW AshmoteteM? 

St e ven agn * tent tWefewyn v Old 


Marion v OW Crantoighara, OU Ouas v 
Dpr Ung, 0U Ru tUshtans v QU Ttffinians. 
Old Surhttoniane v Warfingttatn. 

NORTH: Yorkshire Shield: Q 
Actosen v NorthRtobteKtola; 
g«« ya ton; OriffloW v York Rl; 

Park Bramho pe vGoola. Club mstetws: 

Hjfterotora; Batidon v 

M”ft> relOT»: carteford v Seflry; Don- 
raeterv CheaterHeM; East Retford v 
Koyworte^GrtmstwT Hemsworih: Heath v 
Sheffieta TTgars; Heaton Moor v Kereal; 
H o>h» VaB ey v OU RlstiworihianK 
Huddarsfisl d v Hea dngley. Huddersfiew 

)J*CA v tertians; feif and BT 
Ma nche ste r; Knot 
Leads Unhm-rsitjf v 
Burton: Uttfabora 

Lyr nm v West Paric Mafifiy 'OB . 
Rowntreea; Maton and Norton v North- 

SS? 

Bwrrter. OW BttxSaJans v OkJ Hym- 
griqnfv O ldham v Burn ago; Old 
Mgc rtrnatis v_iiltey; OW Ottenaiara v 
West Uv ds; Pochfa>gton v Scunthorpe; 
Rotate v Moortown; Rounfliegiansv 
Ro toertiam vYorig 
|an« v Pontefrect SheffleW v Kendal; 
Soi toipor t V H^h town; Thomensiana v 
MatiOfl h; TVdeafi y y MM Cheshire CoS- 
egw Wtorington v Chester wmh v HU» 
5^ P 1 Sqti rem ..yffi retaytttta v Goafonn 
ds; Westoe vAm widc Watharby 

- —-Jto Qsorgtana; Wharfedtee v 
* Hw SPS 01 10®! Wash v 
A sprt^ wttmstaur v Stockton; Woriaop u 

WEST : J3ooce »t e nfa li u Cup; Ouartar- 
nn*K Coney HP v Sp artans; Lydney « 
Cmon. tt* nwtrh e i. Ashter Down v 
BAG; Avomnouth v Dinas Crusaders: 
B arton HB v CWppkte Sodbwy; Bath 
Spanara v Bath oi; SUefort v eretar 
§?»»»«. BfchOPSton v Drybrook; 
BrMgawHerAfoon v Devon and Comwai 
Pofce :_Brisfo Saracens v Mdksham; 
»oad PWn v Bath CS; Camborne v Hayte; 
rambome SOM ow Boys v Camborne 
SgM;CteddgvWtaseomae;ra oi enh n m 

vOevraportServlees; ClevedonvTaun- 
ton Utd; Cjlfton wanderers v Kta^wood; 
toctwn Parte v Aratiens; Demouth v 
CredBom Falmouth v weston«iper- 
Mara; Frame v Dorchester; Hogan Park v 
WBdebridge Camels; Launossfon v St 
Austet Midaamer Norton v OkMeld; 
Morgertians v Bridgwater Utd; Newton 
Abbott v Dealer Urtivoraky D are s; 
Newquay Hornets v Penance end 
Newtyrt; O Bristofiene v R amp ton 


Cotarefc 0 BristoBans Utd 
Ashtonians: O Cothantians v Bta 
Cutvertiefsffls® v Longlswns; O Luur 
toans vAvonvato: O RedcSfitane v Combs 
Oown; Perrenport i v Cambonw XV; 
Plymouth Albion Extras v Truro; Racbuh 
xv v Veer SLBamadettos OS v Bristol 
Hsrieratins: St Ives v Redruth; St Day v 
RNASCubknse: St Just v Radruth Ataany; 
Stetash v Tomas; Stroud v Brixham; 
Tafoimorth v Bodmin: Thornbury 
Gordano; Tiverton v Penwi; Trnro 
Barnstaple; Wtartahefl * Nort) 

MWcot OB v CWppentem; W 
SWmowh; Wens v Bristol Ti 
■Yatton v ImperiaL 

vTOPg Melons vUatymena. Swrtan two: 
Chy of Deny V Armagh; Portodown v 
Dungannon: Queens (telwxsity v CoNe- 

9 . 1 ?-«*b matches fenJemy v 
Cootac Arts y Cfo ntarf. Letesfr Sertor 
Lratew. Section A: BecMvs Ranows v 
Twwnwa Cottega; Graystonos v St 


Selection 


problem 
made easy 


Bristol; 


By Barry Trowbridge 

I There is no doubt that the late 
withdrawal of Steve Tunstall 


from the 57th staging of the 
Counties Athletic Union inter- 


wendarere v Dititijn Urtiv 
Section B: Monk sto w n v --,,„ in . n 

—foge Dubfin v DLSP. 1 

WTLAND; McEwonte Mtioert Laagnre 
■ Ayr v Edtoburah Acadamf- 
rHarioteB*; 

Melrosa; 


tark; we st rt Scotland v Kelso. Second 


wdijwmtowto Di^oe HSFP . 

saaR s&'sss 

w««r» 


BtKSBV LEAGUE 


SSI'S 


noosracK natkmal league cup 


BOWLS 


and 


^^fcSontorswvMan^ielcJ 
J*®™ v Qcucectersttire 

AT HLETICS 

DAMY CREST "***T*T ra n v uu—, 

Gtaiwny(GtatBa^r^ 


SPORT ON TV 


Today 

ATHLETICS: fTV 2104.15 un. Great 
Britain v West Germany in tha Dairy Crest 
Gamas from KsMn Hu, Glasgow. 
GRANDSTAND: B8C1 12-lS5JB pnr 
Footbefl: preview of the FA Cup- Recuig: 
1.16. IJSOand 226 races from Chertm- 
hn Snooker: Benson and Hedges 
Masters. Tennis: AustreEsn Open Wom¬ 
an's RneL Rugby Lerattac Hufl V 
CasUafonl in Iho St CutChallafm Cup. 
MATCH OF THE DAY: BBC 110»11.» 
pm. tfghfighte of tin FA Cup Fourth 
round. _ 

RACMG: C4 1J64L10 pjn. The 1.15. 
1/45,220and 250 races from D oe c e rtw. 
SAMT AND OHEAVSE: fTV L05-1AO 
4Ui. Heaulte tswier 4 4fi pJB. 


SNOOKER; B8C2 4404L2U pm BBC1 
11-25 pm-lJ3 am. Banana rad Hedara 
MeetererromWembtey. 

Tomorrow 


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winner of the highest pedigree, 
one who should at least be 
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****** SL_ THE TIMES SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1989 _| j WT " ' | hRT S3 

TENNIS: CZECHOSLOVAK DRAINED OF ALL STRENGTH AFTER SURVIVING GRILLUNG DAY IN THE OVEN HEAT OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN COURT 


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RUGBYLEAGUE 

Favourites 
prepare 
their cup 
routes 

By Keith Macklin 

The journey to the Silk Cot 
Challe ng e Cop final at Wembley 
ht*tes with the first round ties 
? is . I ^' ee . , S Bd ' Last s**son’s 
finalists, Wigan and Halifax, go 
into tomorrow's games with 
weyj ng prospects. Wigan are 
confident of a return trip to 
Wembley, while Halifax have 
fallen from grace, wallowing at 
the foot of the first division, and 
have a difficult tie at 
Warrington. 

Wigan do not appear to have 
too modi of a problem at 
Doscaster. However, the Dons 
are the most improved side In 
either division in the pn at 
few seasons have produced cop 
surprises against Salford and 
Hall Kingston Savers. Wigan 
will do well to avoid com¬ 
placency, though Graham 
Lowe's squad is virtually back to 
full strength. 

Like au Rugby Union coo- j 
verts, J o n atha n Davies longs to 
tread the Wembley stage, bat his 
first taste of Challenge Cop 
Rugby L e a gu e is likely to be as a 
substitute n the all-ticket tie at 
Salford. 

The Widnes coach, Dong 
Laughton, is showing great 
shrewdness in grooming Davies, 
following a reserve **am g a m e 
against Warrington last night . 
Salford showed improved form 
last week against Leeds, and are 
quite capable of overturning 
Whines at The Willows and 
avenging their 50-8 defeat at 
Naughton Park. 

Two other cap favourites, St 
Helens and Leeds, travel to face 
second division opposition. Alex 
Murphy, the St Helens 
has warned bis players not to 
under-estimate Swintou, and the 
Leeds coach, Malcolm SeUly, 
will no doubt have issued a 
similar warning to hw mpm) for 
the visit to York. 

However, the Leeds may 
be rendered a little easier by the 
fact that York have decided to 
switch the tie from their own 
ground with Its paltry 3,000 
capacity to the football ground at 
Bootham Crescent. 

Giant-killers are not likely to 
abound tomorrow, hot these are 
slight possibilities of surprises 
at Whitehaven and Rochdale. 
Whitehaven are in good form at 
the moment, and they will give 
Feafherstone Rovers, from the 
first dfvisioa, a considerable ran 
for their money at the narrow 
Recreation Ground. 

Hull Kingston Rovers are 
having such a dismal rim at the 
moment that they cannot relish a 
trip anywhere, and 
Hornets will not lie down easily 
at SpottamL The remaining 
amateur dob Thatto Heath 
travel to Chorley without much 
hope of either success or a big 
return at the tmnstOes. How¬ 
ever, to have readied this stage 
is an achievement in itself. 


Lendl is burnt to a frazzle 


Front Richard Evans 
Mel bourne 

There was no glib talk about 
the pressure of international 
sport at Flinders Park yes¬ 
terday, when the pressure of 
pla ying in the semi-final of the 
Australian Open was com¬ 
pounded by being confined to 
a veritable oven, with an on- 
court surface temperature 
soaring to STC. 

The temperature all but 
fried Ivan Lendl’s chances of 
claiming his first Australian 
title and he may have been no 
more than one point away 
from meltdown when Thomas 
[ Muster, of Austria, missed a 
! sitter of a smash on game 
point at 5-5 in the fourth set 
Lendl survived to win a body¬ 
bending encounter 6-2,6-4. 5- 
7, 7-5 and in tomorrow's final 
will meet Mitosiav Mecir, who 
beat Jan Gunnarson, of Swe¬ 
den, 7-5, 6-2,6-2. 

With Helena Sukova lining 

* Results 

KHOLB9: Mwc taaMkata: I UnS (GO 

bt T Mjfflf (Austral, 6-2.6-4. S-7.7-4 M 
Moor (Cq Bt J Gunnamson (SwaJ. 7-6. 6* 

2. 6-2. Bovs O rar tw fln sl a. J Anderson 
(Aua) W D Dter (WG). 4-8,6-0.6-2; N KuM 

awmsasstB 

totovs (Cz) bt J-A FauQ (Aua). 7-5,7-STX 
Foray (US) M R StuM» (Aus). 6G. 64; K 
Ks&ssns (US) b( L Porurl (US), 6-7,6-3.7- 

Qodndga (Aus) bt B Fottar (Aua), 6-1, 

DOUBLES: Women: SemMn e te M 
NavraWova and P Shrfm (US) M J 
Novotns snd H Sukova (CzU 6-4. 7-5; P 
Fencflc* (US) and J H-tortnoton (Csnl bt 
S Graf (WG) snd G Sabetttl (Aral. 6-3,7-6. 
Mfc f * S omt -flral s: 5 smart and Z 
Garrison fUSI M P Doolum (Aus) rod E 
Burnin (US), 4-6,7-6.6-4. Bom: Owrtro 
finals: J Cask and W ONeif Uus) be A 
Hunt and M Zortzich (HZ), H M; J 
Morgan and A Kretzmron (Aim M B 
racharflsonand M Brown (Aus),7-e. 1-6, 
6-3; T Woodbridoa and J Anderson (Aus) 
bt M Draper and H Denman MusL 61,6-2; 

0 RM and M Dainm (Cz) bt D Ireiand and 

D Draper (GB). 5-1. 5-7. 66. Okie 
QuarteMIraia: J Hodder and K-A John- 

(Cz) M L Netasmie and M Netasntc 
64.6-2; KKaesarts and L Poruri (US 
A Gusa and K Godridga (Aus). 2-6, 

5; A Woofcodc and N Pratt 
Potter and R Stubbs (Aus). 7-J 

up as Steffi Grafs opponent 
today, this means that three of 
the four singles finalists will be 
Czechoslovak-born players — 
as was the case at the US Open 
in 1986. 

Lendl would not have sur¬ 
vived a fifth set against Mus¬ 
ter. The match had bran a 
brutal examination of stamina 
as well as the ability to pound 
a heavy tennis ball through 
rally after rally as both men 
tried to batter the other into 
submission. Muster had been ! 
outclassed at the start as Lendl < 
continued from where he had ; 
left off against John McEnroe * 
— hitting winners to the far i 
comers of the court 1 



The grand slam 
and the door to 
te nnis greatness 

By Rex Bellamy, Tennis Correspondent 




The Australian championships, 
the ficst grand slam tournament 
of the year, should provide Steffi 
Grafwith 25 per cent of* nnfqne 
feat. No mua has twin com¬ 
pleted a grand slam of the foor 
major singles titles. Graf is good 
enough to do ft; and in consec¬ 
utive years at that. 

When Donald Bodge set oat to 
win all four championships in 

1938, he kept the ambtttoa to 
hlmotf He had concent i«* 
not the label. The grand slam 
tag was a later inmxtiou by the 
media , who borrowed the bridge 
term for winning all the tricks. 

Until 1983 a grand slam had 
BO official definition and no 
official sta t us, but ft was com¬ 
monly accepted that the feat had 
to be achieved within a calendar 
year. 

Thtf iHl-ilH f |i| i^ *i »(« nirmg 
m»™» untenable la the 1970s 
and 1980s. The Australian 
cham p tou a hlps were played ear- 
tkr. and either overlapped two 
calendar years (by beginning In 
rv«—nh<r and am i mg in Janu¬ 
ary) or were played from 
November to December. 

The fal x w riwnal Twmw 
Federation responded fay defin¬ 
ing a grand slam fra the first 
ifa»- Rev e rt in g to the bridge 
idea, the 1TF decreed that a 
grand Siam consisted of winning 
■H tim tricks; is, holding all 
four titles at the same time, 
irrespective of dates. 

This d eci si on caused heated 
argument. There is irony in the 
fact that the Australian 


.-(■■in phi i t Mp i have since sefr.T. 
tied back Into their tradfttewal 
January time slot, w h ich means'' 
chat the cale n dar year co ncep t 
has regained its validity. 

The ITF ruling could not bo - 
retroactive. We have to respect" “ 
the unw rit ten definition as app-. .- 
Hed to pre-1983 grand slams. 

T he n otable h w i ff M arica OF-' 
the ITF’s fbur-fo-o-row formula 

were Martina Navratilovs (who- - 
ach ieved a stn g la a grand ahun 
from 1983 to 1984) and'. 

Navratilova and Pam Shrfrer, - 

who won four consecutive do®- '" 
Wes titles on three occasions* 

from 1983 to 1987. 

Under the cale n dar -y ear syu—-■ 
iwii, gian d obi— i i» »y ■ 
achieved in singles by Badge*-. 
(1938), Maureen Connolly 
(1953), Bod Laver (1962 and '. 
1969k Margaret Court (1970). 
and Graf (1988). 

Ken McGregor and Fkank •" 
Sedgman achi e ved a doubles - ' 
g rand shun in 1951 and 
Narration and Shrirer did so ., 
in 1984. Maria Bueno also - - 
completed a women's doubles 
grand slam, in I960, but with'.'' 
two partners. Margaret Court 
and Ken Fletcher achi ev e d the ~ 
feat in the 1963 mined doubles..- 
series and Owen Davidson- 
weighed in, with the help of two'.... 
partners, in the 1967 mixed 
doubles. 

The tables below fist flu” 
players who have won most tides — 
in the four pud stem .. 
dnuapfamsliips. 


GRAND SLAM TITLE WINNERS 


The three f 
and mixed 


Australia Franco Whnblsdon US Totals 


Two-handed eleg an ce: Mecir rallying from a shaky start to dominate his semi-final and pot t Czech stamp on the final 


But Muster, much to the 
consternation of Australians 
whose Davis Cup team flies to 
Vienna next week, proved 
rugged and resilient. Despite a 
three-minute break to deal 
with a nose bleed in the 
second set, the Austrian left¬ 
hander slowly started sapping 
Lendfs strength as he hit with 
ever-increasing power and 
accuracy — often forcing the 
Czechoslovak to play shoul¬ 
der-height retains as he plied 
his drives with still greater 


lashings of top spin. As the where it bounced bade into his 
third set wore on. Muster coutl He let out a scream of 


began to win more than his 
fair share of the rallies. 

Midway through the fourth 
set it became obvious that 
Lendl was moving at hal£pace 
and relying more and more mi 
his big service to keep him in 
the match. At 40-30, 5-5, 


agony, double-faulted and 
never won another point. 

With his blond crew-cut, 
high, sunburned forehead and 
baggy shorts. Muster looked 
like a survivor of Rommel's 
desert army by the time he 
walked into the press room. 


Muster waited under a very admitting it was the hottest 
short, high return and, with match he had ever (flayed. 


the entire court to aim at, 
smashed the ball straight 
down on top of the net, from 


“My feet were on fire,” he 
said, “it was like a sauna out 
there but I sensed Lendl was 


tiling and in a fifth set who 
knows what might have hap¬ 
pened. 1 am fit and I was not 
too tired despite the heal” 
“Lendl was dead. He could 
hardly move in the locker- 
room.” That piece of informa¬ 
tion was offered by 
Gunnarson after his predict¬ 
able defeat by Mecir, wbo 
looked extremely unhappy at 
the outset but recovered from 
2-5 in the first set to dominate 
the match with typically ele¬ 
gant stroke-play. 


WOMEN 

Margaret Court— 
Marona Navratiova 
Btfoa Jean King—» 
Margaret DuPont. 
Louse Brough— 

Doris Hart-- 

Helen WUs Moody 
Bteabeth Ryan—. 
Chris Even—. 
Suzanne Lengtao. 

Darlene Hard- 

MEN 

Roy Emerson—^ 
John Newcombe~ 
Frank Sedgman «. 

Bid Tflden.. 

Rod Laver. 
John Bromwich— 

KenRosewaB- 

Jean Borotra—„ 

Neale Fraser- 

Fred State_ 


The figures for Lenglen and Borotra do not include French tides won 
(before 1925) when the champion sh ips were re s tricted to members of 
French dubs. 


11-82 

5-4-4 

32-5 

600 

24-19-19-62 

3-7-0 

2-7-2 

8-7-1 

4-72 

17265 - 50 

1-0-1 

1-1-2 

6-104 

4-54 

12-16-11 - 39 

0-0-0 

2-30 

1-5-1 

3-13-9 

621-10-37-* 

1-1-0 

0-3-0 

404 

1-124 

6210-35 - 

1-1-2 

2-5-3 

14-5 

2-4-5 

6-14-15 - 35 . . 

0-0-0 

4-2-0 

63-1 

7-42 

190-3-31.. 

0-0-0 

04-0 

0-12-7 

0-12 

0-17-9 - 26 

2-00 

7-20 

3-1-0 

600 

1600 - 21* 

0-0-0 

2-2-2 

633 

00-0 

60-5-21" 

0-0-0 

1-3-2 

04-3 

2-60 

3-136-21 * 

030 

2-60 

2-30 

240 

12-160 - 23 V 

2-60 

03-0 

3-50 

20-1 

7-17-1 -25- 

2-2-2 

0-2-2 

1-3-2 

22-2 

500 - 2 2 - 

0-00 

00-1 

3-1-0 

7-54 

1065-21-•• 

34-0 

2-1-1 

4-1-2 

200 

11-63-20... 

2-8-1 

0-00 

0-22 

00-1 

2-134 -19--.- 

4-30 

2-2-0 

020 

22-1 

80-1 -18 

1-1-1 

1-5-2 

2-3-1 

00-1 

405 - Iff “ 

0-3-1 

030 

1-2-0 

2-3-3 

6114-18 * 

0-3-1 

1-2-0 

02-3 

1-32 

2-100 - IB 


Norman de Mesquite says British ice hockey coaches are in a difficult position 

Taking a fine line on discipline 


Garry Unger played in North 
America's National Hockey 
League with distinction for 16 
seasons and, between February 
1968 and December 1979, estab¬ 
lished a record ran of 914 
consecutive games in the tough¬ 
est ice hockey competition in the 
world. 

In the autumn or 1985 be 
joined Dundee Tigers, of the 
Heineken British League, and 
helped them to fourth place in 
tbe premier division and to the 
final of the championships at 
Wembley. 

He then moved to Peter¬ 
borough Pirates, led them to 
promotion from division one in 
his first season and scored the 
deciding goal which kept them in 
the premier division in the 
closing min tries of the final game 
of last season. He then decided 
that, at the age of 40, his playing 
days were over. He was ap¬ 
pointed non-playing coach of the 
Pirates. 

Last Friday, however, he was 
relieved of his coa ching duties 
and one of the reasons given for 
hk feck of success is that he is 
“too nice a guy”. 

CYCLING 

No French 

connection 

for Hoban 

By Peter Bryan 

Neil Hoban. the British amateur 
road racing champion, has 
abandoned plans to make his 
headquarters France after uie 
club he was joining made it dear 
that his release for important 
home events could not be 
guaranteed. 

Instead. Hoban will still 
spend the greater pan of the 
season abroad, but will be based 
with a Dutch club near Hiiver- 
sum. “The national coach, Doug 
Dailey, knows of my new plans 
and has encouraged me to go to 
Holland,” Hoban said. “If J 
have the form. I have been told 
that 1 can expect selection lor 
the Tour of Texas in April and 
the Milk Race in May." 

Hoban. who rode at the 
Olympic Games in Seoul, does 
not intend to race m Britain 
before going to The Netherlands 
on March 3, because of the long 
season ahead. 

team this year. Hewilljom hs 
brother, Sean, tbe leader of Ure 
squad- e . 

ir PMS-Falcon are one of the 
three British 
selected for the Milk 
manager, Keith Lambert- Plans 
to name ihc Sutions for the 

eV Umbert. still recovering from 
fractures of tl« skull, said ihat 
Gary Sutton, who has made » 

successful comeback to raong 
after a two-year ataencftWiii 

arrive in Britain in eariy May. 


Players have beat su gge stin g 
that more discipline Is needed in 
tbe dub, but Mark DHcott, 
whose coaching skffis enabled 
Streatiuun R e dski n s to survive 
in tbe premier division last 
season, was not re-engaged by 
the south London team became 
he was considered too mnch of a 

disciplinarian. 

Didcott admits that he was 
tough on the yo ung s te rs, hot I 
am not alone in thinking that 
they have become mnch better 
players became of that disci¬ 
pline. Bm the Streatiuun com¬ 
mittee, besides befog toe large 
and nswiddy, includes several 
parents wbo perhaps listen too 
keenly to the complaint s of thefr 
oOspring. 

Didcott is now engaged in 
trying to turn the Richmond 
Flyers into a respectable team 
and is happy at not having tor 
answer to a committee. "Disci¬ 
pline is necessary, but ft is 
difficult because you have no 
hold on the players,” he says. 
“There are too many dobs and 
not enough players. Yes, I was 
rough on the you n g st e r s, and 
they did not tike it." 


After Peterborough Pirates 
had squandered an 8-2 lead and 
had to be content with a HMD 
draw with Streatham Redsk in s 
earlier this month Unger was 
foil of disappointment and 
fr u s tra ti on. 

“When I was a player,” he 
said, “1 could go oat there and do 
something aboot it. Now, I stand 
behind the bench and hope that 
the players wifi do what X tell 
them." 

The Pirates* leading scorer, 
the Cana d i a n , Wayne Cr a w fo rd, 
has been one of the main critics 
of Unger’s coaching methods 
and he has also shown himself to 
be lackiag in self-discipline. 

He uMolgcd in the most 
appalling twteriosr at the end of 
that Streatham g«"»ni il sboold 
have been disciplined by his 
coach, even if the referee seemed 
to ignore his display of 
petulance. 

But what can a coach do in 
British Ice hockey? His team 
has only three imported players 
and they are, obviously, his most 
importa n t players. Having re¬ 
cently suspended one of tuS 
young British players for dEsd- 


plinary reasons, Unger should 
have treated Crawford shnUariy. 

Yet how would the supporters 
have reacted? They woukl have, 
pilloried the roach. The player 
might well have derided to quit 
the team and retran to Canada, 
and P eterb oroug h Pfratea would 
have seen the rest of thefr season 
become an even greater struggle. 

That is the dil e m ma for 
British ice hockey, a semi- 
professional game ran by 
amateurs. 

If tbe coach Is toe strict, the 
young players complain and 
their parents wield enough 
power to send the coach packing. 
If the coach is not strict 
the older players complain mul 
have enough power to have him 
removed. 

Happily, Unger is held In 
suffici e ntl y high esteem by tbe 
Peterborough committee that he 
is to be retained by the deb in an 
advisory capacity, yet to be 
defined. 

The British game is need of all 
the help it can get, and men of 
Unger’s background and experi¬ 
ence must be encouraged to 
provide ft. 










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The SkyDome raises hopes 


There is an impressive build¬ 
ing rising on the Toronto 
skyline to rival the CN Tower, 
and as the SkyDome grows, so, 
too, do Ontarians* hopes that 
their city, rather than Athens, 
will stage the Centennial 
Olympics in 1996. 

The thinking of the Canadi¬ 
ans in this sprawling, sports- 
mad city is that when the 
International Olympic Com¬ 
mittee (IOC) comes to make a 
decision, Athens will win the 
sentimental vote, Toronto the 
votes of logic. Tbe optimistic 
Ontarians seem to have 
forgotten the opposition of tbe 
other candidate cities, Mel¬ 
bourne. Atlanta, Belgrade and 
Manchester. They also seem to 
have forgotten the huge debts 
left to Montreal after that city 
hosted the 1976 Olympics. 

The SkyDome, for example, 
is expected to cost £470 mil¬ 
lion, £130 million over the 
original budget. But such 
amounts are easily overlooked 
when sums such as the £174 
million paid for television 
rights to this year's Calgary 
Winter Olympics are taken 
into consideration. 

The Calgary Gaines pro¬ 
duced a £33 million surplus, 
and NBC’s successful offer of 
£226 million to cover the 
Games in Barcelona in 1992 
hac caused the Toronto 
organizing committee to do 
some hasty revising of its 
estimates: “Calgary made so 
much money, they don’t know 
where io hide it." 
Henderson, the president of 
the Toronto Ontario Olympic 
Council fTOOCk said re¬ 
cently, and £367 million is the 
price now expected from tele¬ 
vision rights to any Toronto 
Games. 

Considering that the 
SkvDome arena is already 
paid for, it that could mean 




THE WORLD 
OF SPORT 


TORONTO 

that such Games would be safe 
from a repeat of the Montreal 
nightmare. That is not to-say, 
however, that the funding of 
the SkyDome itself is not 
without controversy. 

This imposing edifice at the 
foot of the CN Tower, 
overlooking Lake Ontario, 
end with a moveable root die 
SkyDome is a symbol of the 
city's pride in its rapid growth 
over the past 23 years. De¬ 
signed as the home of the 
Toronto Blue Jays baseball 
team and the Toronto Argo¬ 
nauts, of the Canadian Foot¬ 
ball League, the SkyDome 
would serve as the venue for 
the Games’ opening ceremony 
should Toronto win the IOC 
vote next year. 

Part-funded by the federal 
government, the rest of the 
finance for the vast building 
was sought from commercial 
concerns. Only now is it 
emerging that, for an average 
£2.4 million investment, meet 
of the industrial backers have 
been given long leases— many 
lasting 97 years — on con¬ 
cessions within the SkyDome. 

Already, the squabbling for 
apiece ofthe action has begun, 
There is growing dispute be¬ 
tween the Argos and the Blue 


Jays over which team would 
have preferential rights to 
fixtures at the SkyDome, 
where the baseball team is due 
to play its first match next 
June and where tire Grey Cup 
— Canada’s Super Bowl — is 
also to be rtaged this year. 

Such arguments are tmHkely 
to sway the IOC vote too 
much, however. “Our prob¬ 
lem is our own Canadian 
paranoia,” Henderson said. 
“We tend not to stand op and 
say how good we are." With 
£3.7 million to spend on the 
city's bid in tbe next 18 
months, the Canadians may 
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Childhood of the Champions: PFA secretary Gordon Taylor 

Growing up in the days of heroes 

«■ — ■ — • -. IAN STEWAflT 


YACHTING 


By Mick Geary 

The classroom door opened and in 
strode the headmaster. His voice 
boomed out “Taylor. Stand up 
immediately." Eight-year-old Gor¬ 
don Taylor, knees visibly knocking, 
jumped out of his seat His dug- 
roates turned to watched his ordeaL 
The headmaster flung the object he 
had been holding behind bus back 
straight at Taylor. 

The black and amber shirt 
wrapped itself around his feoe. “It’s 
all thine lad, make sure you treat it 
with pride," the bead said and 
turned on his heels. 

“He was quite a man of the 
theatre, was our headmaster,” Tay¬ 
lor recalls. “He was right though. 
I've rarely had a prouder moment 
than when he told me I was first 
playing for Mossley Road Primary 
School. A great memory.” 

There have been many more 
since in a playing career which 
spanned almost 20 years from 
Bolton to Bury via Birmin gham and 
Blackburn. Ironically, Taylor, who 
will be 44 next Wednesday, has 
perhaps achieved greater fame in his 
capacity since 1981 as secretary of 
the Professional Footballers Associ¬ 
ation. In that role he has come to 
represent what is best in football: 
honest, straightforward and cham¬ 
pion of a hundred worthy causes. 

His childhood evokes rich mem¬ 
ories, from the theatrical head¬ 
master to bicycle trips down to 
Manchester from bis home in 
Ashton-under-Lyne on the hunt for 
autographs. “You could tell the 
calibre of the team by the hotel they 
were staying in. The Arsenal were 
always in the posh Queens Hotel in 
Piccadilly, while many of the others 
could afford no more than a two-bit 
B and B." 



As the reminiscences tumble out 
Taylor admits that there is some 
danger of wallowing in nostalgia. He 
recognizes the danger that too many 
worn, rose-tinted recollections may 
tend to undermine the game he 
represents today, riven as it is by 
sordid tales of on-the-film violence 
and hooliganism. He stops and 
checks himself: “There are still 
many good things in football, you 
know; kids today do collect auto¬ 
graphs, clubs like Miilwall are 
becoming part of the community 
and there is still some great football 
played." 

He admits, however, to one 
significant area of change. “Heroes, 
we no longer seem to create heroes. 
Men such as Matthews, Edwards, 
Lofthouse, and Finney were idols to 
me. Not just because they were 
marvellous footballers, but also 
because they were great men. I was 
.invited for a trial match at Preston 
in 1960. It was Tom Finney’s last 
game and I was naught but a spotty 
schoolboy having a triaL Yet with 
the whole world clamouring for an 


Upstanding: Taylor at six 

interview Finney came out of the 
dressing room arid chatted to us lads 
for a quarter of an hour. A real 
gentleman. Yet even in those days 
there wens many who bad their 
foibles. But the difference was we 
used to protect our sporting heroes 
then. Now we’re just determined to 
show that they have feet of day." 

Footballing heroes were the stuff 
of young Gordon Taylor’s dreams. 
Ever since his father, Alec, heaved 
him over the turnstiles at Bum den 
Park to watch Nat Lofthouse's 
Bolton trounce Portsmouth — 
“Jimmy Dickinson and all” — 5-0. 

Taylor’s love of football was 
inherited from his father, a railway 
worker, who used to kick an old rag 
ball about with bis only son in the 
council house living room. “The 
cracks are still visible in the old toby 
jugs on the mantlepiece," Taylor 
says. 

Out of doors it was a jackets- 
down-under-ihe-street-Ughts exis¬ 
tence. Pell-mell football; all scuffed 
shoes and darting dribbles. Alec 
Taylor's piercing whistle from the 
doorstep as night fell would signal 
the end of the game. Taylor, a 
chunky, swerving inside forward, 
who banged in 97 goals one season 
for Hurst Weslieyians, was soon 
spotted by the talent scouts. He was 
often in good company. “I remem¬ 
ber going to Bolton when I was 17 
and the lad before me came out of 
the manager’s office with tears 
streaming down his face. He was 
about the same size as I was and I 
was shocked when he said: ‘He’s 
turned me down. He said 1 ought to 
think about becoming a jockey'. Yet 
Bolton took me on. The other kid? 
Oh. a lad by the name of Alan BalL” 
Football was Taylor’s passion, 
but his parents were sensible 
enough to insist that he could only 
sign for Bolton if he continued his 
studies. He did, passed his A levels 
and went on to take an external 
economics degree at London 
University. 



Organizers adopt 
tighter controls 
in challenge series 


Tighter crowd-control measures 

will been implemented for the 

second day of racing in the an/. 
LMwtre Challenge, between 
crews led by Dennis Conner, of 
the United States, and lam 
Murray, of Australia, on Sydney 
Harbour today. 

crew won a race on tne 
first day but the organizers have 
been criticized for their inept 
policing of spectator craft ~~ 
many in power boats and 
loosely described as “Harbour 
boons" in Sydney patois — and 
for not publicizing the des¬ 
ignated areas for them. 

The trailing yacht in each race 
was interfered with by the wash 
and physical proximity of spec¬ 
tator boats, notably powerful 
motor boats which chased the 
ieydw in mindless fashion. 
About half an hour before the 
start of the first race a spectator 
brat collided with Kookaburra 
m, skippered by Conner, and 
the impact broke off the star¬ 
board juniper strut. The start 

was delayed by 25 minotes. 

A meeting initiated by Nick 
Greiner, the Premier of New 
South Wales, and attended by 
the Maritime Services Board 
(MSB). Water Police and Cruis¬ 
ing Yacht Club of Australia, 
which is running the series, 
decided on new arrangements 
aimed at solving the major* 
problem: staging an event that 
win give a sponsor TniWgp for 
its outlay of more than AusSl 
million (about £507,000) 


From Bob Ross, Sydney 

rol measures through, intent public mtere* 

mas •yiarjsss* 
foEsa *£?-r.sss 

, and lain MSB fire tugs, which P^edso 
l on Sydney effective on Australia Day, 1988, 
U will help define the raernja 

nice on the Where necessary■. c***?“JSJJ 
uxizers have tugs, will dampen the spirits 
their inept 0 f me most exuberant spectator 
;or craft — with a shower ol co-d water, 
boats and a - MSB helicopter will help 
s “Harbour idenlif y possible trouble arras 
atois-and _ nd yachts will clearly 

S the des- define turning points. Navy 
m- . nolice will lend assistance to the 

in each race police and volunteers, 

by the wash ' M gg has Uud distinctive 

lity of spa:- m3rkcr bu0 ys in the harbour to 
y powerful outline Ihe course area, 
chased .the Because c f interference, the 
second points race was sftort- 
^ ene d and Murray declared the 

HESS; tiSwwhenhew^ZminSlsec 

kookaburra d of Conner. A further race 

f£E£ was postponed until today for 

Tte start tbe same reason ' . 
inniL Conner said: “I have never 

id bv Nick raced in conditions like that 
? of n£w before, but I do not dunk that 
tended by either brat was disadvantaged. I 

S BaS don’t *"** lha - 1 Jl f e speCUl0rel 
and Cruis- as an excuse for losing a race; 
Australia, but I think we were lucky to get 
the series, through the racing without ma- 
angemems jor damage." 
the major* Murray agreed with Conner, 
event that but said: “It would make a 
nilftng i* for better race if spectators could be 
ian AusSl persuaded or educated to be 
i507,000) where they should be." 


Fir 5 — : 


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Tampering with 
club tradition 


By Malcolm McKeag 




Wider view: Taylor still sees things to admire in the game, bat regrets the lack of giants on the horizon 

rmiin* __ .i___ _ u „ «... _ _ ° _ 


Taylor admits that there are so 
many more distractions for young¬ 
sters these days. Even his bead was 
turned slightly, though, by the 
emerging pop stars ofthe fifties. 
“Buddy Holly, Duane Eddy, the 
Everiey Brothers, but none of their 
concerts could compare with a trip 
to Old Trafford." 

. It was there in 1964 that Taylor, 
just 19, had one of his proudest, 
moments - Denis Law broke his 


nose. “He clattered me one. One of 
the all-time greats and he picked me 
out for the treatment. That was 
quite some compliment,” Taylor 
says, chuckling. 

“We thought we’d do all right that 
night because United were playing 
two unknowns on the wing. I’d 
come off with my broken nose and 
was having ft patched up m the 
dressing room. I was desperate to 
get back on. Bill Ridding, the 


manager, came in. ‘Don’t trouble 
yourself lad. Stay where you are’. ” 
“‘Why. boss? Tm all right;' I 
pleaded. ‘Let me go back on.’ ” 

“ ‘No way’ Biff said gruffly. To 
tell you the truth we’re already 5-0 
down, andrt will look better if we’ve 
only got 10 men’.” 

One ofthe wingers, Willie Ander¬ 
son, had got two of the goals. The 
other had already scored ihm» His 
name was George Best. 


The future of one of yachting’s 
institutions, the Rojid Coru- 
thian Yacht Oub at Cowes, rests 
on the outcome of the latest 
culture-dash between commer¬ 
cial reality ami genteel tradition. 

In an arrangement kept secret 
from flag officers and members 
Until concluded, the famous 
clubhouse and gardens, once the 
home of Rosa Lewis the Duchess 
of Duke Street and mistress of 
George V, have been bought by 
the developer, Crispin Lowe. 

Lowe’S Ancasta Group, In 
winch James GulBver has a 
■major interest, has acquired 
Castle Rock Yachting, the com¬ 
pany which owns and operates 
the premises on behalf of the 
dub whose headquarters are at 
Barnham-on-Crooch. 

Lowe’s unconcealed in ten tion 
is to make the dob “more 
accessible" particularly to cus¬ 
tomers who boy boats, at any¬ 
thing between £30,000 and 
£100,000, from Iris Hamble- 

hased Ancasta Marine. 

According Id Chris Gin, die 


Ancasta marketing director, the 
group’s plans involve commer- 
cislizuig die dub, broaden in g its 
membership and, inevitably, 
raising subscriptions. It is the 
new owner’s aim of using the 
dob to implement its own 
commercial policies which has 
met with such strong opposition. 

“You cannot boy a Royal 
Yacht Ctah," Mike Patten, the 
commodore said. “Ancasta may 
have bought the Clubhouse — we 
still own and run the dub." 

Patten is particularly bitter 
about both the way the deal was 
concluded and die imputation of 
elitism. “In the past 15 years I 
can find no record of any 
application for membership 
being refused,” he said. 

Greater concern, however, is 
reserved for Ancasta’s plans to 
torn the dob into an organiza¬ 
tion like a country dab or health 
hnn. Such a change would 
almost certainly bring abort the 
loss of the dnfa’s Royal warrant. 
“That;’’ says Patten, “will hap¬ 
pen over my dead body." 


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Majestically o’er hill and dale 


From the cricket pitch of a grey 
stone farming village in North 
Yorkshire, Ronald Faox rises 
silently up, up and away with 
a clutch of hot-air enthusiasts 


I n the Bluebell pub at 
Keitiewell, an eccentric 
intruder has shouldered 
into the normal bar-top 
talk of lamb prices, hill 
farm subsidies and the perfor¬ 
mance of Billy Lister's prize 
tup. Keitiewell is a gem, a grey 
stone fanning village cradled 
in a Yorkshire dale. It is also 
the northern Mecca for hot air 
balloonists. 

“Tha'li nivver gel me up in 
one o’ them beggars," says 
Joe, a sceptic, from beneath 
the rain-wrinkled neb of his 
cap. He seals the thought with 
a gulp of ale. 

“You don't know what 
you're missing," Sam, a ro¬ 
mantic, tells him. "It's as if the 
ground sinks away from under 
your feet and then someone 
starts cranking a big handle 
and the dale unrolls. You're 
standing still and it's the earth 
that moves." 

“Til give you cranking 
'andles. How do you know 
where you're going to end up? 
That’s what I want to know," 
Joe wags a finger. Romantics 
and sceptics rarely see eye to 
eye, especially in Kettiewell. 

Outside the pub there are 
enough wickerwork baskets to 
start a laundry. They are 
parked on trailers, left in 
farmyards, and 
poke from the back 
doors of vans. In 
the dim light the 
copper coils of gas 
burners gleam sin- 
isveriy. At the bar 
of the Bluebell, 

Graham Turnbull 
of the G.T. Flying 
Gub dispenses bon¬ 
homie and cham¬ 
pagne, the tradi¬ 
tional tipple of 
balloonists, and 
lectures his next 
day’s clients on the 
joys of travelling 
by balloon. Joe mutters, with¬ 
out a trace of whimsy, that it’s 
nowt but a load o'hot air. 

“We could head in this 
direction," Turnbull says, 
stabbing a map. “On the other 
hand, it could be in this 
direction." He stabs the map 
somewhere else altogether. 
“Where the wind listetb," 
suggests a wistful young 
woman. "Exactly," says 
Turnbull. 

He is a powerfully built 
man, larger than life, with a 
strong belief that his "stu¬ 
dents" should, above all else, 
enjoy themselves. There is 
nothing to fear so long as the 
wind does not blow up un¬ 
expectedly, and be is a shrewd 
judge of isobars. A safe return 
to earth can be almost guar¬ 
anteed. “Last week he actually 
landed in the back of the truck 
that arrived to pick him up," a 
member of the retrieval team 
confides admiringly. 

Balloon flights are not al¬ 
ways predictable. Turnbull’s 
worst moment was when he 
accidentally crossed the bor¬ 
der from Austria into Hungary 
and spent two days in jail 
before he and his balloon were 
released. Another enthusiast 


recalled that her husband, a 
newly-fledged balloonist, bad 
tried to escape a boisterous 
breeze by putting down in a 
field that had been freshly 
spread with pig manure. The 
basket fell on its side and 
became a giant scoop. "I was 
up to my armpits in pig muck 
before he got it to stop. The 
smell! We dashed home, burnt 
all our clothes and scrubbed 
ourselves with carbolic." 

Next morning the Bluebell 
empties its bedrooms of tyro 
aviators, and everyone gathers 
on the village cricket field 
where the balloons are being 
inflated. The huge, colourful 
canopies are spread out at 
about mid-wicket, and cold air 
is fanned into them until the 
folds of material swell with 
pressure. A breath of bottled 
flame replaces the cold air, 
several hundred square feet of 
rip-stop nylon rise, and the 
baskets creak upright. Turn- 
bull, the genie of the flame, 
invites his passengers to 
scramble aboard while the 
ground crew hold down the 
padded rim of the basket 
“Hands off!" he orders, and 
the ground crew step back. 
Another blast from the burner 
tips the scales, and the balloon 
becomes lighter than air and 
rises silently into 
the flow of a south¬ 
bound breeze. 

Since the G.T. 
Flying Gub began 
operating from 
Kettiewell six years 
ago, more than 
5,000 people have 
been introduced to 
the gentle plea¬ 
sures of ballooning 
by Turnbull and 
his fellow instruc¬ 
tor-pilots. “A sur¬ 
prising number of 
— ■ — i n i people are given 
flights as presents. 
Others are seriously smitten, 
and take up flying them¬ 
selves,’* he says. 

Kettiewell is an ideal take¬ 
off point, Turnbull explains. 


7 was up 
to my 
armpits 
in pig 
muck 
before he 
stopped’ 



Green and pleasant land: floating across the ancient patchwork of fields and dry stone walls edging the river Wharfe, sounds from the earth are clearly audible—even the whisper of the river 


gathers speed majestically 
over the countryside, bright 
and round as a boiled sweet 
Behind, more balloons popup 
from the valley. On a good day 
being well sheltered and with a .as many as six leave the 
wind guaranteed to blow in cricket field, filled 


one of two directions, either 
up the valley or down it The 
scenery is superb in both 
directions, and on 'a crystal 
day the view from one mfle up 
extends from coast to coast. 

The rooftops of the village 
slide beneath the basket and 
the balloon drifts over the 
ancient patchwork of fields 
and (by stone walls edging the 
river Wharfe. Sounds from the 
earth are dearly audible; dogs 
barking, traffic rumbling 
down the dale, even the 
whisper of the river. The 
balloon is carried on the wind, 
and so creates no slipstream. 
The air around the basket 
remains perfectly still, and the 
occasional roar from the 
burner sends down a rush of 
warmth. 

Below, the retrieval crew 
follow as best they can by 
road. Turnbull talks to them 
on the radio. At 2,000ft and 
out of the valley’s shelter, the 
wind strengthens. The balloon 


with ro¬ 
mantics en route for the 
unknown on the listing wind. 

Empty moorland spreads 
beneath our balloon. No one 
but sheep and a few lonely 
ramblers notice our passing. 


T 


his is not always the 
case — an outraged 
landowner once 
gave Turnbull's bal¬ 
loon both barrels 
when it appeared like some 
monstrous bird directly in 
front of the butts during a 
grouse shoot. “We don't talk 
about that," he says. “Most 
flights are uneventful No 
more than a slow float over 
the landscape for an hour or 
so. It gives people a different 
perspective of the country¬ 
side." 

Below there are now fields, 
farmsteads and the retrieval 
truck zipping down a country 
lane to keep pace. Some 
judicious juggling with a valve 
releases hot air from the top of 


the envelope, and the balloon 
eases back to earth. The basket 
drifts at a stroll towards a gate 
leading on to a road. “Hold 
on, and nobody fry to leave or 
we’ll be off again," Turnbull 
orders. More hot air is 
dumped, so that the basket 
creaks to a halt on the grass. 
Minutes later the ground crew 
arrives to deflate the canopy, 
uncouple the basket and pack 
everything away. On the 
truck, the aeronauts are 
obliged to clamber into the 
basket again, heading for the 
first available pub. 

Flights from Kettiewell are 
weather-dependent, operate 
daily from late March to mid 
December, and cost (including 
champagne) £70 per adult, 
half price for children under 
12, with a 10 percent discount 
for a party of 10 or more. 
Contact the G.T. Flying Gub 
at Grassingtom, North York¬ 
shire BD23 5LR (telephone 
bookings to 0756 752937). 
Enquiries about ballooning 
may be addressed to the 
British Balloon and Airship 
Gub. 122 Fazeley Street, 
Birmingham B5 5RT (021 643 
3224), or the British Aero¬ 
nauts Register (0761 62836). 


Trail of the lonesome pine 

TOM KUO 


Veronica Heath 
explores Gleneagles 
— on horseback 

A slight frost overnight has left 
the heather hoary white and 
sparkling, and there are 
patches where ling shows pink 
and eggshell-timed among the 
purple. The only sound is the creak of my 
riding boots on the soft leather saddle. 
Here, in the heart of Scotland, we are 
riding like pioneers, with the blue haze of 
ihc Ochil mountains on the horizon, and 
a strong aromatic scent of pine and 
heather which hurts the lungs. 

This is trail riding at the Gleneagles 
Mark Phillips Equestrian Centre, built, 
in the words of its founder, to provide 
-facilities for every discipline of 
horsemanship at every level of experi¬ 
ence. and designed, laid out and finished 
lo a standard which challenges the 
Lading riding schools m the world . It is 
\ *' enough to host international 
J*vents, but we did not find it imimidai- 
• n „ Having explored Scotland on foot, 
Sv husband and I wanted to enjoy 
ourselves riding across peat and hrather 
and marl; ai Gleneagles, a network of 

frtils has been laid through virgin 
terrain, perfect for half-day treks or all- 

d3 GrouK C ^Sonafly erupt from the 
heather, and on our ride we saw three roe 
watching us from the shelter of a 
jSSfer telt Sf ir«»- “We want people to 
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uE^wnniex “It isn’t everyone who 
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Horse sense: coach Magnus Nicholson gets to work in the Mark Phillips centre 


breeches and hard hats, but I need not 
have bothered. Tack and clothing are all 
provided, and there are changing rooms 
and lockers to leave your belongings in 
while you ride, and showers to get rid of 
the sweat afterwards. After our hack we 
watched a Victor Ludorum Qualifier for 
show-jumping juniors, staged in the 
floodlit grand arena which seats 650 
spectators. Later, I leant on the paddock 
rails to watch two small girls enjoying a 
lesson in one of the practice arenas. 

All year long general riding breaks at 
the centre offer a choice of four 
“Pleasure Riding” options: a Start Right 
programme for those with little or no 
riding experience; Trail Riding for those 
with some experience; Equitation, to 
improve basic riding skills and establish 
a good foundation for dressage, show- 
jumping and horse trials; and Carriage 
Driving, for those who prefer sitting 
behind a horse to sitting on top. Breaks 


cost from £220 per person and combine 
two nights dinner, bod and breakfast at 
the Gleneagles Hotel, with three sessions 
of horsemanship. 

“Special Breaks" provide an opportu¬ 
nity to meet and learn from some of the 
world’s leading riders and trainers. The 
cost, including two nights dinner (with 
wine), bed and breakfast at the 
Gleneagles Hotel, is £320 per rider, £250 
per partner (partner's programme in¬ 
cludes opportunities for carriage riding, 
day target shooting and an invitation to 
the social events). 

Specialist courses can be tailored to 
individual requirements; individual 4S- 
minute lessons cost £35 for adults, £25 
for children under 16, including hire of 
horse, clothing and tack. 

Enquiries to the manager, Gleneagles 
Mark Phillips Equestrian Centre, 
Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder, Perth¬ 
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channel than its competitor, based on an analysis of US 
box office returns last year. 

Of films which grossed more than $40 million in 
America, Sky has the rights to twelve compared to ten 
for which the rights are held by another satellite com¬ 
pany. 

“Sky Movies now has hundreds of top films including 
movies from three of the top four Hollywood studios” 
said a spokesman for Sky Television. 

Major titles to be screened on Sky Movies include: 

9% WEEKS Mickey Rouike and Kim Basinger star in 
a spell-binding relationship between a Wall Street exec¬ 
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SHORT CIRCUIT The smash-hit fantasy about Ro¬ 
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refuses to return “home” to a weapons factory. 

THE FLY A scientific experiment ends in disaster as 
the scientist involved finds himself turning into a fly. 

OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Bette Midler stars in 
this hilarious comedy where a prim and proper lady gets 
mixed up with a loud, brash and outspoken actress when 
they meet at an acting class. 

PLATOON Winner of four Oscars, Platoon is an 
overpowering account of the Vietnam war seen through 
the eyes of a young recruit fighting on the Cambodian 
border. 

PROJECT X An air force pilot involved in top-secret 
military training with chimpanzees stumbles on the 
threatening truth of Project X. 

IRONWEED Jack Nicholson is a man haunted by his 
past trying to get to grips with the life he shunned. 
Meryl Streep is his companion who can’t keep off the 
bottle. 

All these and many more box-office hits will be 
coming to a screen near you on Sky Movies. 


Andrew Neil, executive chairman of Sky Televirion 
said, “Our deal with Glinwood is an example of Sky 
Television’s commitment to the future of die British 
film industry.” 


What it will cost. 


The two premium channels planned by Sky Channel 
will be electronically scrambled before the encf of the 
year. Viewers of Sky Movies and The Disney Channel 
will need a decoder costing about fifty pounds to watch 
the films and family entertainment following a free 
preview period. 

The scrambling system to be used will provide par¬ 
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The subscription fee for BOTH channels together will 
be only. £12 per month. 


accused Sky of misleading advertising. 

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cut. 

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MAC signal.” 


Olympic medallist to 
lead Eurosport. 


Survey results 


A television survey conducted last week shows that 
spontaneous awareness of Sky Television was more than 
five times higher than for a competitive satellite com¬ 
pany. 

Without prompting, 43 per cent of adults were aware 
of Sky compared with just 8 per cent for our 
competitior. Awareness of the need for a satellite dish to 
receive Sky is exceptionally high at 87 per cent but the 
survey revealed that only 9 per cent are yet aware of the 
need for a set top receiver. 


■ Adrian Metcalfe, one of Britain’s leading figures in 
sports television, is 'to be head of programmes at 
Eurosport. For the past seven years Metcalfe has been 
senior commissioning editor for sports and features at 
Channel 4. Apart from his wide experience in television 
sport, Adrian Metcalfe won an Olympic silver medal at 
the Tokyo Games. 

On his appointment Metcalfe said “I am delighted by 
this challenge and look forward to establishing 
Eurosport as the world’s leading all-sports channel, 
bringing the cream of events to a wide European audi- 


BSB blow 


The Office of Fair Trading has declined to intervene 
in a dispute in which British Satellite Broadcasting 


Sky backs Britain 


In a move which bodes well for the future of the 
British film industry. Sky Movies has acquired from 
Glinwood Films five movies currently in production by 
Jeremy Thomas, the award-winning British producer of 
the Last Emperor which won 9 Oscars. 

In addition Sky Movies has bought the rights to “Erik 
The Viking”, the latest creation from Monty Python 
man, Terry Jones, and John Cleese’s latest film, for its 
British television premiere. 

Erik The Viking , which is near completion at 
Shepperton Studios, is the story of a viking warrior who 
thought there must be more to life than rape and 
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Politics supremo 

Adam Boulton is joining Sky News as Political Editor. 
Boulton will lead Sky News’ political unit based at new 
studios in Westminster. 

Boulton, a former BBC journalist, joins Sky from TV- 
am, where he was chief political editor. 

I intend to make Sky News’ political coverage pre¬ 
eminent on British television” says Boulton. ”1 am 


delighted to join this long overdue 24 hour a day 
television news service.” 


Left meets Right on 
Sky News 


Norman Tebbit “Predator” Austin Mitchell Nice or nasty? 


Norman Tebbit and Austin Mitchell will be crossing 
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affairs programme “Sky Crossfire”. 

Tebbit, a former Tory party chairman, and Mitchell 
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